Getting hired help

I have applied to numerous positions with USAA and always got the "we are sorry to inform you...". Finally I got an email to complete the assement, which I did and then another email for a phone interview! Unfortunately it did not go any farther that the phone interview. I emailed the recruiter to ask for the future if I did anything wrong or what I could improve...she did not respond. I continue to apply and continue to get turned down. I have a college degree and all the qualifications they ask for...why am I not even getting past sending my application?! My husband just got hired there and I aswell know a couple other people that work for the company. I would love to work there! I have recently revised my resume in hopes that a change may look better for me...

Any advice for me? Has anyone been turned down for a position then applied for others and got the job?

Marcella211 in Land O Lakes, Florida said: I have applied to numerous positions with USAA and always got the "we are sorry to inform you...". Finally I got an email to complete the assement, which I did and then another email for a phone interview! Unfortunately it did not go any farther that the phone interview. I emailed the recruiter to ask for the future if I did anything wrong or what I could improve...she did not respond. I continue to apply and continue to get turned down. I have a college degree and all the qualifications they ask for...why am I not even getting past sending my application?! My husband just got hired there and I aswell know a couple other people that work for the company. I would love to work there! I have recently revised my resume in hopes that a change may look better for me...

Any advice for me? Has anyone been turned down for a position then applied for others and got the job?

I have been there coming on 8 years. I say read the posts and on jobvent.com and run as far from USAA as you can. All of the posts on this site are true.

Thank you, yes I have read all of the negative but aswell have heard great things. I was just looking to see if anyone was familiar with this situation and could give advice...

Marcella211 in Land O Lakes, Florida said: Thank you, yes I have read all of the negative but aswell have heard great things. I was just looking to see if anyone was familiar with this situation and could give advice...

Just apply again. I got turned down the first time I interviewed in person. A couple of months later I was hired for another position with a resume change.

Your turn-down depends upon the type of job you applied for. Because many of the jobs are on the phone, it may have boiled down to: you may not have a good phone voice, phone presence, etc.
At the same time that you are being assessed regarding the content of your answers, the interviewer is taking advantage of that distraction to assess your true: ability to think on your feet, speed of answers, grammar, "ax" vs. "ask", etc.

You may also have had borderline "scores" re resume and assessment test, and the phone interview was your chance to knock it out of the park, but you were mediocre on that too, for the last position you applied.

And sometimes I think that (in short) your resume, test scores, and/or phone interview may show that you're just too "smart" to remain happy, docile, etc there.

Yes unfortunately I was just getting off of a cold so my voice didnt sound like it normally does and I think that may have been the reason. Since then I have applied to other positions(with an employee referral) and have not even got so much as a response. I just wanted to make sure that even if I may have not had one good interview that I could still get others and possibly be considered for a position there.

Do not give up Marcella, as I am sure you know in todays job market they are getting hundreds of applicants for every position they are opening up. Keep going and they will see by your persistance that this is a job you are truely interested in after the person who was hired instead of you quits after they get their licenses (as happens to often in these kinds of jobs).

Human resources check people for honesty and in fact they are the one who are dishonest and obscure with their approach. I have worked in 6 companies in my life and every time I was asked "will you move if you get better opportunity tomorrow?" and I always replied YES!! and will keep on replying that. I don't understand why HR want to listen lie from people.