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DISAPPOINTMENT! “You did not get the job.”

Do not be surprised if you don’t get the first job you interview for. It happens sometimes. (Sorry it does.) This does not mean you will never get a job. It means someone else did a better job at their job search and interviews than you did…So now what?

Just because you didn’t get hired does not mean you did not leave a great impression. Once you have been notified you were not successful, be sure to follow up (once again) with everyone you met during the process, thanking them for the opportunity to have met with them…expressing interest in any other positions that might come in the future.

This is a “great” strategy. It keeps the door open and continues your networking process.

Depending on the relationship you may have developed during the interview process, you may choose to contact the interviewer for advice on what you might have done better in the interview and ask for referrals to others in the industry.

Job search is about building relationships. If you make a good impression you will see returns in the future. Guaranteed!

“Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure, it just means you haven’t succeeded yet.”

Robert H. Schuller

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markewicken: Mark Wicken is a marketing professional with over 30 years of advertising, communications and strategic planning experience within the retail and packaged goods industries. He has been a senior member of agency management teams with both account and brand management responsibilities. His strengths have always been on innovative thinking, solid organization and strong interpersonal skills. Starting in the advertising agency industry, Mark held senior account management positions at several multinational agencies including Leo Burnett, Foster, Caledon, Vickers & Benson and Saffer Advertising, and has been responsible for the management of accounts like IBM, McDonald’s, Esso and General Motors. Mark moved from his agency roles to the Client side and held the position of Divisional Vice President of Marketing for Domino’s Pizza International and Director of Marketing for KFC, Hardee’s and Sbarro restaurants in the Middle East. In 2002 he established The Mark Wicken Group, a business specializing in executive search, training and consulting within the marketing, advertising and communications industries. In addition to executive search, Mark has devoted much of his lifetime to teaching, education and youth development. He is President of MusicFest Canada ‘The Largest Annual Music Festival in North America’ and has been an instructor at the International Academy of Design and The Toronto Film School since 1998. Mark graduated from The University of Toronto, took post-graduate studies at Northwestern University, and is married with two sons.