Make It Happen For Women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Jan 5: The memory of layoffs
Make It Happen For women: The Diary of a Job Searching Woman: Jan 5: The memory of layoffs.
December was awful with more layoffs. The whole month and holidays are a blur. Not sure how I got through them.
My boss called me in the office the week before Christmas and told me he was laying off more people. He didn’t even give me an opportunity to have a discussion about this. He was very cold. I actually felt sorry for the guy.
But my department is a mess. Everyone is scared and I’m trying to lead them and get the job done for our company and clients. I put on the happy smile and I find these positive words, that I would just consider big lies, coming out of my mouth. You know those kinds of words. The kind you say to your kids when you know everything is a mess and you’re trying to put a smile on their face. If I can’t get this team moving I may be out of a job.
I tried to work on my job search over the holidays but I was upset about the layoffs and trying to do my shopping, baking and wrapping at the same time. Finally I just gave up.
It’s the new year. I’m going to redo my resume (again) and start pushing it out on the job boards. I am going to set up more networking meetings and call some recruiters (again). I’m really not sure what to do, except I know this is a numbers game and I need to move forward rapidly. I can’t be without income for my kids.
I AM going to be positive. I AM going to make time for my job search today. After all, my career is important to me and the bottom line is. I will lose everything if I lose my job.