I am out of work. There. I said it. It certainly pulls at the ego a bit to think that you look great on paper and feel that you have done great things professionally, only to be out of work. But it is what it is. I need to get over that.
I’ve been out of work for a couple months now. At first, I’ll admit, it was kind of fun to have a bit of a “vacation.” But that got old quickly. I’ve never really been out of work before. I was laid off from my job (of 6 years) in September and three days later, I had a new job. So I got a two week vacation between those positions.
But, through no fault of either party, my next job just didn’t work out. I went from a company of 11,000 to 110, which required quite a bit more of a mind shift than I had anticipated. (As an aside, I now know what I didn’t know and feel much more prepared for a small company experience.) So after my probationary period as a new employee, we parted ways. It was their initiative, but I agreed it was not a good fit. They are amazing at their core business and are a bunch of super smart people, so certainly no hard feelings on my part.
But, I digress….
I have applied for unemployment (again, bruising the ego), but I am lucky in that I have the ability to be very thoughtful about my next endeavor, as I am now on my husband’s health insurance and we have some savings.
So, this blog will serve as:
- an outlet for my writing (something I love)
- a journal of my experience with the job search
- a list of what I’m reading/doing to keep those business muscles flexing
- …and more.
And with that, watch this space. Keep tabs on an Ivy League MBA who believes in her bones that life-long learning is the answer as she struggles with finding her own answers and learning about the process of being unemployed and searching for her next meaningful professional opportunity.
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