CIPD

Andre said:

If one ticks all the boxes experience wise at an interview and gives excellent answers to competency based questions but still ultimately walks away without a role in hand, you need a pinpoint a pattern and common denominator working here.

So what are YOU doing to make your skills and experience ( not qualifications) more attractive. How have YOU moved your goal closer by adding a skill or experience or work based achievement  in the last year that such an employer is likely to want?

If…

I think its mostly about tone and language.

Certainly not every person can rise ever upwards in an organisation. Simple maths shows that. there will always be more roles towards the lower ends of the pyramid than at the top no matter how an organisation…