For anyone that’s recently land a role after multiple rejections, I’d like to learn what you did differently so other people in that space can learn from it?

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I had a run of several rejections like 7 in 2 weeks. I think the key is to first understand that it's not always that YOU don't fit the criteria, staffing decisions have several pitfalls along the way, so removal from the consideration pile is usually just the case that the employer has an idea of who will do well here, and it doesn't happen to be us. Anyway, the most important thing I can think of is making sure that your potential value is communicated to the interviewer, drawing the comparison between what you were doing and what the job requires is key. Also, I hear from a lot of interviewers that very few people actually ask for the job, or at least ask to be moved ahead in the candidate process. If you're not doing that, especially when applying for a sales role, that's an easy one to rectify.

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