Didn't get a job I wanted

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I went to an interview yesterday for a job I really wanted and I dont believe I got the job :/ I did good in the interview, but I guess that didn't matter, I even had a letter of recommendation I gave to the interviewer from another employer and a lengthy resume, it was a job in the field I wanted and I know other jobs will come up but I'm still quite discouraged. I would have been able to walk to and from this job if I ended up getting it. I am not sure what to do to make myself feel better, does anyone here know what I should do? Plus the job I'm currently in now I hate, I am a cashier and it causes me aches and pains and general tiredness and prevents me from doing anything during the day.

Before you go off and get a new job, get on youtube and type in Barbara Bissonnette. After that go to Jessica Kingsley Publishers and get a copy of the Asperger Syndrome Workplace Survival Guide. It was written by the same woman who I mentioned on youtube.

you might have gotten it, but if you didn't, give yourself a treat such as listening to your favorite music. then analyze what you could do better at the next interview. remind yourself that mistakes can be fixed and aren't fatal flaws. then treat yourself again, perhaps with a walk in the park or a cup of your favorite tea.

There are legion reasons why you didn't get the job: qualifications and recommendations only bring you so far, the recruiters must also like you, personally.

Don't worry, there will be plenty more offers, with a recommendation, i'm sure someone will hire you, don't let one rejection bring you down

It's also possible that you are qualified and did well in the interview, but they found a candidate that was better qualified/fit than you. Happens to everybody, including NTs, all the time.

Since you don't know you haven't gotten the job, I'd recommend:
1) waiting a week and calling to follow up on the interview
2) if it turns out you didn't get it, call and offer to buy the interviewer a coffee to get a debrief on what you could do differently next time.

^^^ You should absolutely do this.

I've applied to over 1000 jobs over the course of a year, 3 of which ended up as interviews, none were successful. I think the real barrier here is the employers have most likely put me on a 'blacklist' or 'unemployable book' so they pass that round to every recruiter/agency, where they probably did their research to find out what mental health issues I have and base that on how well I might perform in work. Sounds a bit paranoid but with this government you never know.

I can assure you, being on the other side of the fence once, that there is no 'list' and HR people are too stupid to use it anyway. The biggest problem is that if you are applying for 1000 jobs, they are usually posted on a job board and that is usually the last resort for employers for a good reason. You would not believe not only how many people apply for one job but how many are woefully unqualified, with terrible spelling, grammar and cover letters that are boring, generic and say nothing meaningful. After a while, your eyes glaze over. I swear most applicants only do it because their parole officer or unemployment agent forces them to prove they are trying to find work.

There's also the simple fact that most public sector postings and (some private too) already have someone in mind for them and are only being posted for legal purposes. In other words, you have already lost before you apply unless you are almighty God himself.

I would have to agree with you, GHF.

But one must keep plugging away. That's the only way one can get a job.

I do wish they still had these Temp agencies where one could take tests and interview IN PERSON.

That was my salvation in the 1980s-1990s.

Screw the Internet as far as job searches are concerned! A resume does not equate to a person.

The way to write an app for a public sector job is COMPLETELY different than for a private sector one. A private sector-formatted CV is NOT appropriate for a public-sector job - however, the public library and any bookshop is filled with helpful how-to apply for public sector jobs books if that's you're bailiwick.

HR has no secret blacklist. That'd involve a level of coordination and forward planning between companies that doesn't exist.