- Poor appearance
- Overbearing, conceited attitude
- Inability to express self clearly; poor voice, diction & grammar
- Lack of career planning; no purpose or goals
- Lack of interested and enthusiasm; a passive indifferent manner
- Lack of confidence, or excessive nervousness
- Failure to participate in extracurricular activities
- Over emphasis on money
- Poor scholastic record
- Unwilling to start from the bottom
- Evasiveness; failure to be clear about unfavorable factors in record
- Lack of tact
- Lack of maturity
- Lack of courtesy
- Condemnation of past employers
- Lack of social understanding
- Marked dislike for co-workers
- Lack of vitality
- Failure to establish eye contact
- Limp handshake
- Indecision
- Unhappy married life
- Friction with parents
- Little sense of humor
- Sloppy application
- Evidence of merely shopping around
- Desire job short time only
- Lack of knowledge in field
- No interest in company
- Name dropper
- Unwilling to relocate
- Cynical attitude
- Low moral standards
- Laziness
- Intolerance/prejudice
- Narrow interests
- Evidence of wasted time
- Poor handling of personal finances
- No interest in community activities
- Inability to take criticism
- No appreciation for experience
- Radical ideas
- Tardiness to an interview
- Not thanking for an interview
- Don’t ask questions about the job
- Indefinite responses to questions
My father-in-law was in the social work business, he wrote this in 1978.