Overcoming Rejection: 5 Ways To Come Back Stronger
Have you experienced a set-back or rejection in your job search and don’t know how to carry on? This is for you.
Rejection is Sh*t. At the time of writing this many women I’ve spoken to have experienced setbacks over the last week, including me.
- One had a job offer sabotaged by a former boss.
- Another was denied a promotion despite doing the job for a year.
- Another had an offer pulled with no explanation.
- One was even referred into the role by a friend and still rejected with no reason given
- I was rejected for a promotion opportunity due to a policy requiring me to spend a year in my current role. “Be bold,” they said. “Not like that,” they said.
As horrible as rejection and setbacks are, you’ve got more choices than you realise.
Here 5 ways to overcome rejection:
1: Feel sad, but not for too long:
It’s important to let yourself feel sad if you want to. Give yourself a time limit though, don’t let the days roll into weeks.
2: Get some rest:
Did you know there are 7 different types of rest? I only recently found out about this, choose one that works for you here: 7 types of rest
3: Choose how you react:
I know it might feel like you don’t have many choices just now, but you do. YOU can choose, how YOU react to the rejection.
When deciding how to react, ask yourself this question: “What will my future self, thank me for doing in this moment?”
4: Choose where you put your energy:
You can put your energy into feeling annoyed, upset etc, but after a while, make a new choice about where to put your energy. What if you put your energy back into your job search? Or into learning new skills?
5: Don’t give up:
Now is not the time to give up. I know it’s hard, and you might feel like you want to curl up in a ball and ignore the world but don’t give in now.
A new opportunity could be just around the corner, it could be one application, one networking event, one linked in post or one conversation away.
Ask yourself: When I look back on this moment in 5 years’ time, what will I be glad it did?
Now, get on and do it.
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