If I asked you how many frustrating hours or even weeks you've spent in search of a job, you would probably tell me it's been more than you'd like to think about. With so much competition in the marketplace and so many people searching for a new position, it isn't uncommon to spend days on end searching for the right job and often coming up empty. Yet, you continue to scour the job sites on the Internet, network with friends and associates and respond to ads in the newspaper, often without even getting a nibble.

The Ideal Job

Then, one day, quite unexpectedly, you come upon an opportunity that you know is right for you and you can hardly wait to sink your teeth into it. It's almost as if the job was created just for you, especially since all your experience and credentials fit so perfectly. And when you submit your resume, you are confident that you're going to get called in for an interview. Lo and behold, a few days later the human resource department calls to invite you for an appointment to interview for the job.

A Promising Interview

Now, you're really excited and so you prepare for the interview by researching the company's background. You get out your best attire and polish up your interviewing skills. You're positive that you're ready and prepared to dazzle the interviewer with your skills, convinced that the job is going to be yours. Once at the company's office, although you spend quite a long time waiting to be seen, as the interviewing process gets underway, all goes well. You're even called in by two or three different people who are conducting separate interviews. The whole process seems promising, especially since they've been passing you along to meet with other human resource people.

After the Interview

Unfortunately, when the interviewing process is over and you return home, you discover that someone else was offered the job. Disappointed by the outcome, your only consolation is that you knew you were close! But, what do you do now? Most people would just drop that particular opportunity and move on to something else. Yet, in my professional opinion, that's the last thing you should do. Before you think of the investment of your time as wasted, and before moving on to another opportunity, I would suggest a different approach, one that I've seen work countless times. Odd as it may sound, I would recommend not giving up just yet.

You Can Win Even When You Lose

Right about now, you might be thinking to yourself why would I suggest that you give that job another thought, especially when you weren't chosen? Let me explain my reasoning. If you asked most hiring managers what happens after they've made a job offer, you would be surprised to discover that during the hiring process a lot transpires before the person is actually hired. Very often, after filling out applications, going through the salary negotiations, background checks and a review of references, things change and the original candidate doesn't get the job. For example, some candidates have another offer and they might accept it rather than taking the one you wanted. At other times a candidate could possibly have a skeleton in the closet that comes out during the discovery process. Some even have poor background checks and/or reveal bad references. Others might want more money than the company is willing to offer and so salary negotiations fall apart. Just when you think the opportunity has passed you by, you actually might have a second chance.

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