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Dealing with rejection

Advice on how to build resilience and maintain momentum in your job search.
27 Jan 2015
Madeleine Dore
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Looking for work is a full time job – one that can feel tiresome, demoralising and anxiety inducing. Receiving the news that you have been unsuccessful with an application or interview tests our resilience, and it can be easy to slip into a negative mind frame or a cycle of blame.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator 

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