I have always been very lucky with jobs. I tend to find a company that I like the look of, apply even when there isn’t a role being advertised and then get the role. This dramatically changed in 2015. Suddenly, I was faced with application after application being denied due to being too old (33 at the time), too experienced or not experienced enough in the specialist area they were looking for. I had never felt so deflated or rejected across my working career then in that one month. That was then, this is now… I now run a successful marketing and communications business and things are thriving.

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