If I’m Highly Qualified, Why Can’t I Get Promoted?

Vena Moore
Living By The Word
Published in
6 min readFeb 22, 2024

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The lament of the highly qualified employee who can’t advance

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When a supervisor position opened up at my job recently, I submitted my resume. Over the following two months, I underwent three rounds of interviews-one with someone in the Human Resources Department, one with the hiring manager as well as one with the Director of the department. Over a month later, I got the news…

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Vena Moore
Living By The Word

Dismantling white, male supremacy one word at a time.