Rejected for being 'too qualified'? Here's how to get ahead, again | executivestyle
Held senior positions in the past but now struggling to get another one, even a few rungs down the ladder?
Back to basics With difficulty, says Nicholas, a 50-year old, Oxford-educated investor relations specialist who's trying to do just that. Although he'd be happy to take one of the many interesting, smaller-scale roles he's applied for and is sanguine about the prospect of a pay cut –"I'm not financially strapped so I'm not really out to try to get the biggest salary I can get. What I want to get is something that is as challenging as what I used to do, intellectually" – getting the opportunity to put his case to prospective employers has been a challenge.
Typically, they'll have two hurdles to overcome – securing the interview and convincing their prospective employer they're genuine about committing to the role and not merely looking to use it as a stepping stone back into the big league."They might have 50 applications, they look at yours, why are you going backwards, what's that about, did they fail, it's all too complex… move on to the next candidate.
Have a strategy It's vital to identify the likely barriers and consider how you'll overcome them, agrees corporate psychologist and executive coach Virginia Mansell. No bites For former construction industry executive Andrew Montgomery, attempting to do so has been a demoralising process.
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