Comments on: Involuntary Change Can Be Good!

By: Career Change: Charting a New Career Course - Job Search News

Career Change: Charting a New Career Course - Job Search News — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:50:11 +0000

[...] change is involuntary (read Involuntary Change Can Be Good), and even when it is involuntary, doing some solid research can help you avoid grabbing the first [...]

By: Tom Donovan

Tom Donovan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:50:43 +0000

Anytime I have been let go I have treated it as fate and I love that you wrote this. To many people use the woe is me card when they are let go and they need to look at this as an amazing new fresh start to do something they love.

By: Lifelong Learning Is Not An Option Any More - Job Search News

Lifelong Learning Is Not An Option Any More - Job Search News — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:01:23 +0000

[...] my involuntary-change-can-be-good blog post earlier this week, I wrote about the benefits I’ve seen from change inflicted on us [...]

By: Susan P. Joyce

Susan P. Joyce — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:03:04 +0000

Yes! It’s a wonderful speech! I hope people watch the video. Thanks for thinking of it and adding it to the discussion!

By: Jörgen Sundberg

Jörgen Sundberg — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:46:07 +0000

Hi Susan

Great post, sometimes life just has something else in mind for us. Have you seen Steve Jobs’ commencement speech when he says being fired from Apple was the best thing that could ever have happened to him? He came back stronger with new skills and experience, and much more for the better.

Link to his speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

Cheers

By: Susan P. Joyce

Susan P. Joyce — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:15:03 +0000

Thanks, Camille! I know that’s true of so many – even if they don’t stay entrepreneurs. Having “gone through the fire” as an entrepreneur gives you a gut-level understanding of the importance of branding, customer service, planning, implementing, A/R and A/P and TAXES, etc. That experience makes you a much better employee elsewhere, too.

By: Camille Carboneau Roberts

Camille Carboneau Roberts — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:08:40 +0000

I enjoyed reading this Susan as it brought back memories as to how I ended up ‘here’ as an entrepreneur. I didn’t get laid off, but I had a tyrant of a boss and if it wasn’t for that situation, I wouldn’t be here. Besides getting ‘buzzed’ from a boss 6 feet away and having to ‘pour’ the coffee every time she was thirsty just wasn’t how I envisioned my career going…and that was a mild example. I’m SO glad that I saw through it and got out. It was a very tough decision and I was worried sick. Now that I look back, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have enjoyed 21+ years of being an entrepreneur in a career that gives me tremendous satisfaction almost on an hourly basis! There IS a reason for everything, but sometimes it takes a while to understand it.

Thank you for sharing this.
Camille
Federal Career Strategist/Consultant

Certified Federal Résumé Writer/Coach
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By: Susan P. Joyce

Susan P. Joyce — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:23:51 +0000

Yes, Meg, it’s been interesting to observe how many people “pushed out of the nest” by a layoff actually end up doing well, probably much better than if they’d stayed where they were.

My Mother always said, “Things usually work out for the best – eventually.” And, as usual, Mother was right.

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:20:08 +0000

Hi Susan!

Your layoff stories ring true with what I hear all too frequently from my executive clients. After 20 or 30 years laboring in unsatisfying jobs, something happens to shake them up and reconsider their career paths — a layoff, loss in the family, new opportunity that falls in their lap … whatever it may be.

Suddenly they see that they don’t have to settle for what they’ve become used to — there is comfort in sticking with what you already have and know. They can strike out for something that will fulfill them and allow them to work their passion.

Something I always say to job seekers at a crossroads — “It never hurts to explore what else is out there”.

Best,
Meg Guiseppi
C-level / Senior Executive Personal Branding, Online Identity & Job Search Strategist
Job-Hunt’s Personal Branding Expert — http://www.job-hunt.org/personal-branding/meg-guiseppi.shtml