1 YOE and have been desperately trying to get out of consulting. I’ve been applying for jobs and interviewing, but either getting rejected or ghosted. Can someone point me to some hope please

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Best of luck. Just keep trying. Took me almost a year to get an offer.

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Keep trying but also look for internal transfers or internally facing work to help your current situation

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I got out at 1.5 YOE, took a lot of applications. My word of advice is to just survive the day

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I’ll switch you positions

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Do you appear desperate in your interviews or explain the real reasons why you are leaving consulting after 1 year?

Sometimes negativity can be off-putting to the interviewers as they want to maintain a positive environment at work and might fear you'll repeat the same experience and immediately leave if unhappy.

this is a good point, something that I really try to be aware of. I have always been very positive during interviews and focused on the reasons why I like XYZ company and not why i want to leave EYP

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