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Work rejection grief hurts like hell – here’s how to stop it spiralling into a crisis

The Independent·Katie Rosseinsky·20 days ago
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S o you put yourself out there for the big job – the one that everyone around you vowed that you’d be absolutely perfect for. A sure thing. A shoo-in. And then… You get the email, or the phone call, or – God forbid – the Slack notification. They really liked you, the interviewer tells you. But, this time, they’ve decided to go in a different direction. A direction that doesn’t involve... well, you. Zoe Ball is currently playing out some version of this scenario – albeit with the added bonus of doing so in front of the entire nation , and with the knowledge that every single interview she does over the next couple of years will probably ask her about this rejection . Following months of speculation, the former BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show host has confirmed that she has not been chosen as one of the new presenters of Strictly Come Dancing , despite the media (mea culpa, myself included – I maintain that she would have been a brilliant host) assuming that her appointment was something of a done deal .…

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