A Nyeri woman identified as Patricia has opened up about a gruelling job search that stretched nearly a year, posting screenshots of her rejection emails on TikTok and encouraging others who are still waiting for their breakthrough.
Patricia had become so convinced that one particular organisation was where she was meant to work that she wrote it down in her prayer journal, naming it specifically as though the matter were already settled.
Patricia chooses to use her time productively
She applied repeatedly, but something always blocked the path forward.
Earlier this year, she thought she had finally broken through, only for that opportunity to collapse at the last moment.
Rather than withdraw and feel sorry for herself, Patricia chose to use the time productively.
Patricia enrols in Customer Service Bootcamp
She enrolled in a Customer Service Bootcamp, completed several certifications, and continued pushing herself to grow.
In hindsight, she says the skills she picked up during that period are the very ones she relies on most heavily in her current position.
A comment from someone close to her stayed with her through the difficult stretch.
Can one draw up their plans against God’s?
“Huwezi panga Mungu,” they told her, meaning that while people can draw up their own plans, they cannot override what God has already arranged for them.
The shift came a few months later. She applied for a completely different role at another company and received a job offer in under a week.
What made her TikTok post stand out was the decision to attach the actual email screenshots documenting the setbacks she had faced along the way.
Patricia’s message to those still in middle of their own search
The images laid bare a journey most job seekers keep private, and many viewers connected with the rawness of it.
Patricia’s message to those still in the middle of their own search was direct. “If you’re currently in your own ‘desert’, job hunting, waiting, applying, and watching everyone else get opportunities, don’t give up,” she wrote.
“And don’t waste the waiting season.”
Patricia appreciates bootcamp trainer
She described the delays, the doubt, and the disappointments not as wasted time, but as preparation for the opportunity that was eventually coming.
Her trainer from the bootcamp, she added, deserves a great deal of credit for equipping her with practical skills she did not know she would need.
The post, shared on Monday, September 7, 2026, quickly drew attention online for its honesty and the unusual step of sharing the rejection correspondence as evidence of her journey.
