In November/December I applied for 4 internal positions at my company that would have effectively been a promotion. I'd been waiting a year for a position of this type to be posted so the fact that there were 4 of them at the same time made me optimistic. I was turned down for all of them. :(

I did ask for feedback and what I got basically amounted to "you're wonderful, but we found someone else who has this little additional niche skill that fits us to a T". I'm genuinely glad that the they got so many eligible candidates that they could afford to be picky. At the same time, I really wish that I was that perfect candidate and someone would give me the opportunity to grow.

Given how rarely there are openings for this particular position, I had resigned myself to either another year of looking, or having to get creative to find advancement within the coming year. Then, miraculously this week there are two more jobs posted that fit my criteria. I've applied to both of them and reached out to the hiring manager for one because I feel that I would be a really good fit and she's someone with whom I am acquainted.

I'm always wary of having optimism about my job prospects but a part of my lives in hope. Maybe this time it's my turn?