Third, bash affirmative action, as the late North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms did in 1990 when he ran an AD showing white hands crumpling a job rejection notice.

You'll need to boost your confidence because one of those hovering fears is bound to come slamming down more than once during an aggressive job hunt — the fear of rejection.

Constant rejection not only discourages workers from job-hunting as intensively, but also makes people less confident when they do land interviews.