MY STORY : Redundancy, Reinvention and Redirection

Let me tell you about the first time that I was made redundant.

For about 10 years, I’d been working hard in the actuarial field and financial services industry.

Yes, numbers. Snooze.

But I got sick. 

Something called Sarcoidosis.

It’s when abnormal nodules infiltrate tissues (often in the lungs) and adversely affect body functions.

I won’t give all the gruesome details (it was a long time ago), but here’s the long and short of it…

I couldn’t work for nearly two years.

And when I returned…

I was made redundant.

Ouch, right?

We all encounter challenges and setback in our careers. You’ve probably had your own fair share.

Here are 5 things I learned from my own career transition journey:

• It’s great to do work that you think matters
• Career change challenges your work identity and involves reinvention
• Straddling ‘two worlds’ as you transition is uncomfortable
• It's hard letting go and chasing new work goals, without any guarantee of success, and
• Career change involves at least one person taking a punt on you

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But redundancy is just one type of career disruption.

My purpose is to help people - just like you - thrive, despite the inevitable the ups and downs of their careers. 

I consider it a great privilege to help executives:

• Frame their offers to employers
• Create impressive self-marketing collateral
• Execute strategic search campaigns that generate interviews, and
• Ace advanced recruitment selection processes

Thanks for taking the time to learn about my career journey!


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