People are not hired for a variety of reasons. Below are factors that have been identified as causes for employee rejection:

• Poor personal appearance
• Overbearing - overaggressive - conceited - "superiority complex" - "know it all"
• Inability to express oneself clearly - poor voice, diction, grammar
• Lack of planning for career - no purpose and goals
• Lack of interest and enthusiasm - passive, indifferent
• Lack of confidence and poise - nervousness - ill-at-ease
• Overemphasis on money - interest only in best dollar offer
• Unwilling to start at the bottom - expects too much too soon
• Makes excuses - evasiveness - hedges on unfavourable factors in record
• Lack of courtesy
• Lack of maturity
• Condemnation of past employers
• Lack of social understanding
• Fails to look interviewer in eye
• Limp, fishy handshake
• Indecision
• Sloppy application form
• Wants job only for short time
• Little sense of humor
• Lack of knowledge of field of specialization

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