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Designing The Best YOU!Author: Vennessa McConkey, FDNP, FNC
Welcome back to Designing the Best YOU! a podcast hosted by career strategist and board-certified holistic health practitioner Vennessa McConkey. This podcast is dedicated to helping you uncover hidden obstacles that are holding you back in your career. Whether those be physical conditions and symptoms, emotional blocks such as unresolved trauma, or mental blocks such as confidence and limiting beliefs. With each episode we will be sharing practical strategies, tips, and insights to help you gain clarity, build confidence and advance your career. From job searching and networking to resolving fatigue and burnout, we will help you tackle the toughest challenges in your journey that help you Design the Best YOU! Language: en Genres: Business, Careers, Education, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Rejection Isn't a Sign You Need Thicker Skin
Episode 1
Thursday, 29 January, 2026
If you're a mid- to senior-level leader watching rejection stack up (not ghosting because of your experience, not because you're not good enough), but because your strategy isn't aligned with how strategic roles actually get filled...then you need to hear this!! In today's market, companies are not hiring the most qualified person; they're hiring the obvious person. And that means shifting from a volume-based approach to a positioning approach - one that makes you an UNDEDNIABLE match before you even get to the interview. I read the first half of my latest Substack post on this. In the rest of the article, I break down how rejection is actually strategic feedback, and I share the exact shifts senior professionals need to stop being overlooked and start being pursued. Head over to my Substack to read the rest and if you're ready to end the rejection cycle, book a one-hour clarity call with me where we map your strategic positioning in real time. Find me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vennessa-mcconkey/
