"I’ve now had three pivots which means my 30 years of professional experience is chopped up into chunks of roughly a decade each. My resume is hard for anyone to make sense of. And, if I’m being honest, it’s hard for me to even know what kinds of roles to focus on."
LOL, I'm in the exact same place you are, Tami, and I've lost count of the pivots by now.
What's funny is that while you were at Path Forward, an org I followed on LinkedIn/email a couple of years back, as a career returner I was on the other end. After over 6 months of back and forth with one of the few tech companies running returnship programs in the EU (I'm based in Europe) I landed an opportunity only to be let go when the tech layoffs began, even if I had been promised a full time contract if I proved my worth – which I f*#@ing did! Everyone around me was dismayed, didn't know what else to do to keep me, but at these companies you're just a number. It doesn't matter that I took only 1 day off while sick with COVID because my 4 months returnship meant that there was so much I had to do. I was out after 4 months. Other people who completed the returnship, but happened to join other parts of the org are still there. Lucky them or lucky me? Time will tell. It's been 1 year and a half and I'm still jobless too. Oh, and I've had the exact same experience with networking for referrals... It only takes you that far...
Oh, Eva, I'm so sorry to hear that. It truly sucks. And the roads not taken can be a real mind bender when you suddenly feel you maybe went too far in the wrong direction! I keep reminding myself that there were potholes on those roads, too.
This is a fantastic approach, and it's comforting to hear I'm not the only one wondering what to do next. I hope you find something amazing.
Thank you, Heather! I hope so too. ;-)
"I’ve now had three pivots which means my 30 years of professional experience is chopped up into chunks of roughly a decade each. My resume is hard for anyone to make sense of. And, if I’m being honest, it’s hard for me to even know what kinds of roles to focus on."
LOL, I'm in the exact same place you are, Tami, and I've lost count of the pivots by now.
What's funny is that while you were at Path Forward, an org I followed on LinkedIn/email a couple of years back, as a career returner I was on the other end. After over 6 months of back and forth with one of the few tech companies running returnship programs in the EU (I'm based in Europe) I landed an opportunity only to be let go when the tech layoffs began, even if I had been promised a full time contract if I proved my worth – which I f*#@ing did! Everyone around me was dismayed, didn't know what else to do to keep me, but at these companies you're just a number. It doesn't matter that I took only 1 day off while sick with COVID because my 4 months returnship meant that there was so much I had to do. I was out after 4 months. Other people who completed the returnship, but happened to join other parts of the org are still there. Lucky them or lucky me? Time will tell. It's been 1 year and a half and I'm still jobless too. Oh, and I've had the exact same experience with networking for referrals... It only takes you that far...
Oh, Eva, I'm so sorry to hear that. It truly sucks. And the roads not taken can be a real mind bender when you suddenly feel you maybe went too far in the wrong direction! I keep reminding myself that there were potholes on those roads, too.
Keep me posted on how you are doing.
Love this Tami. Can't wait to see what comes next.
Me too, Daniel. Me. Too. 😂