How to move on from workplace rejections like a missed promotion or job application

Being turned down for a job application or work promotion can dent your confidence, but there are practical steps you  can take to bounce back 

We are all likely to be rejected at some point in our careers.

Imagine how it would feel to apply for 60 or so jobs, be interviewed for a handful, and then be offered a grand total of zero. Ashling Delaney from Johnstown in Kilkenny doesn’t have to imagine as she went through this experience last year.

“I had a job at the time, but I’d gone as far as I could in it,” says the 49-year-old. “I wanted something more challenging. I must have applied for 60 odd jobs and got as far as the second or third round in several interviews, but but I didn’t get offered any of them. It was so disheartening. I started to think it was an age thing and that I’d have no option but to remain where I was for the rest of my life.”