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Unsuccessful job applications? What you need to do

This has to be one of the most frustrating career progression hurdles. You know that you have the right papers and experience to boot, but your job search to the next level of your career is simply unfruitful. That promotion that you eye seems so near yet so far. You keep getting feedback that you were among the best candidates, yet you’re not getting any offers. Someone else was just a “better fit” for the position. You might even begin to doubt if you are as marketable as you thought you were. Your move to the next step of your career ladder or landing that promotion needs to be well strategised. Here is how to go about it.

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