Comments on: If the Job Fits

By: Bridget Wright

Bridget Wright — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0000

You know, it also helps with the stress level when we turn down jobs that don’t “fit” us. Less to worry about!

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:31:00 +0000

Eileen, that last one is a big one for me, too.

Amanda, the employer doesn't sound like much of an employer to not even respond. You were smart to drop that one.

By: Eileen Coale

Eileen Coale — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:27:00 +0000

Any jobs I’ve turned down (not due to fees) tend to fall in one of four areas: I’m not familiar enough with the industry or subject to be able to do a good job, I have ethical reservations about the product, I think the product has a poor chance of selling, and/or because I get a gut-check that the person is going to be difficult to work with.

By: Amanda Nicole

Amanda Nicole — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000

I’ve had to turn down a job once, but unfortunately I wasn’t as quick to realize we weren’t the right fit until I’d taken it on. Granted, after plugging away at it for a couple days, the employer added in some aspects that I wasn’t familiar with and so I had to let him know that I wasn’t the perfect candidate. I never heard back from him after a polite and honest email, so I guess there were hard feelings, but probably not as hard as if I’d just not turned in the assignment or mysteriously disappeared.