Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: May 12, 2010: I’m helping a friend with her job search.
Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: May 12, 2010: I’m helping a friend with her job search.
I made Sue a deal. I would help her with her job search and she would blog about everything she was going through, including her job search activity. Sue agreed to this quickly, but added that I would have to agree not to censor her blog. For people that really know me, they realize that this is a huge request. Make It Happen For Women is my brain child. I am the founder and I want the blog to be inspirational and informative and of course, I know what’s best. Sue of course, laughed when I explained this to her as if she didn’t already know.
Sue and I are both type A personalities and we both are very passionate about our beliefs, so when Sue said to me, Take it or leave it”. I laughed and said. “I think I am in the better bargaining position.” We both laughed and in the end, I knew she would offer a great deal of information to the women that read our blog.
Sue and I have known each other for about 15 years. She is divorced, 56 years old, and has 3 children, the youngest of which is still in college and two older sons. Sue is a sales manager and has had some terrific success. The job market has been hit hard in California. Sue lives in the Sacramento area, where I lived for over 20 years.
Sue’s company was acquired. The sales manager from the acquiring company took the Director job and Sue was laid off. She had been there for 6 years and was heartbroken. She is very dedicated and has some wonderful accomplishments for her resume. Sue can’t believe that she has been unemployed for 8 months. She felt by now, someone would have “grabbed” her right up since she is so accomplished.
Doing a job search in this market can be very challenging….so hold on to your hats….
Sue will take over from here.
Take Care,
Vicki
Founder
Make It Happen For Women
http://www.makeithappenforwomen.com