What are the most effective ways to handle rejection during a career change?

Handling career rejection involves reflection, seeking feedback, and maintaining a positive mindset. Learn from the experience, ask for feedback, and focus on your strengths. Stay persistent, diversify your search, and expand your network through networking. Consider alternative roles or industries. Take care of your well-being, set realistic expectations, and utilize support systems. If needed, consult career coaches for guidance. Remember, rejection is part of the process, and resilience is key to eventual success.

In my experience, I tried to talk to a professional discuss about how I feel and what my next steps are. Talking to somebody makes a big difference and reduce the heaviness of the mind. Plus, it helps a lot to clear our mind and think about the next steps. Emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, or fear makes us act carelessly that make us look unprofessional and miss the good chances we get. I usually talk to a professional and to a close friend of mine. And I try to focus on things I missed that made me put in this situation and try to make things right from my side: like if I got rejected from an interview because of something missing in my CV or of my attitude, I try to fix them for my future career health.

Emotions come with the territory of being a human being. Understanding the emotions we have, how our emotions impact our decisions, and how our emotions impact others are key factors in personal and professional growth. Equally, being receptive of the emotions of others can also be a boon. This still is something that can be honed and can turn the tide in a conversation.

Nimm es nicht persönlich - nicht immer einfach! Gute Reflexion und Identifikation über die Gefühle der Ablehnung gemeinsam mit einem Coach erarbeiten. Vorhandene Ressourcen erkennen und aktivieren und diese für den nächsten Schritt bewusst einsetzen.

I have faced rejection several times. To be honest, I took it personally at the very first time. Like I was feeling so bad about myself and I had a lot of temper. Fortunately I did not react or express my emotions which was a good thing. However, with time, I realised that taking these things personally badly affect our self esteem that makes our performance low. All we have to do is trying to improve ourselves and understand we cannot control everything in this world: things gets out of hand and we have to face it. At the end of the day it is only you who has to bear all these things and comeback as potential person.

Not taking feedback or situations personally is one of the top tips I give my clients. The motto, "It is them not you" works well. Introspection is important and if there is a pattern that needs to be addressed, then let's do it. However, many times we internalize our response based on ill behavior by someone else. Learning to see those signs and decipher between what is us and what is them is key.

Die Erfolge nicht nur feiern. Die Glücksmomente speichern und sich in schwierigen Zeiten daran erinnern. Welche Ressourcen haben mir geholfen / was konnte ich besonders gut / wie ist es mir gelungen / auf was bin ich besonders stolz.. Notizen machen und diese in Momenten der Ablehnung wieder hervornehmen und sich bewusst machen.

One thing I have found extremely helpful in these situations is to spend time understanding your relationship with failure. Failure is inevitable as we will all experience it at some point in our careers. How do you approach your mindset when failures occur? What steps do you take after you experience failure? How can you be objective with yourself and build action steps to overcome next time around? Build a plan focused on opportunities that you can take to enhance your abilities in the areas to strengthen so that you will be prepared for a similar instance in the future. Allow failure to be the fuel instead of a deterrent so that you can unlock your full potential and discover new opportunities in the future.

Having grace for yourself will go so far in how you react, respond, and how you grow as a person. Taking time to care for yourself, being understanding of the day-to-day, and not being too hard on yourself when you don't hit a goal will help you achieve greater goals in the long run. No one is perfect, no one has perfect days, and everyone missed a mark on a goal. How we respond and regroup is what will set you apart and set you up for success.

Anybody here thought of starting something of your own after facing a rejection? In my perspective, it is a great motivation for a person to believe in themselves and move forward. This might not work for everyone. But anybody willing to take a risk and able to trust their potential can try to start something on their own. Why not give it a try?