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Rejected from every grad scheme โ€” now what?

by Muhammad HarizยทJanuary 13, 2026

Same happened to me. Pivoted to SME roles and learned more. Two years later I joined an MNC with real experience. Not the only path.

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Comments (2)

Adrian Chee66

SME experience is genuinely underrated on a CV. You often own more than your title suggests.

Aishah Ramli52

Grad schemes reject a huge number of great candidates. It is selection criteria not a verdict on your potential.