How to deal with rejection after a nursing job interview

Missing out on a role you want is disappointing, but viewing applications as a learning process can help you identify areas to work on and clarify career ambitions

• A job rejection can knock your confidence and affect your motivation, but the experience can be harnessed to identify areas that need improvement
• How to use the rejection to work out where you want to take your career and whether opportunities could be available from your current employer
• One nurse’s positive experience of sharing her rejection on social media, and how to prepare for and shine at your next interview

A job rejection is, understandably, news that few nurses are keen to widely share with