I was intrigued by the talk by Jeff Sandefer. He shared that he had felt insecurities as a young man deciding on his career path.
Jeff talked about finding his entrepreneurial "calling". As I learned about his journey and reflected on our recent case studies (Erica Mills and Magdalena Yesil) I have given more thought to my "exit strategy" from my existing career and role as an HR Business Partner. I work for an Oil and Gas Company in Calgary, and the oil price is significantly low at the moment, this impacts me and many of my friends and colleagues. Couple this challenging issue with a couple of events in our company that have impacted our business. Consequently I feel insecure in my current role. As time goes on, and as I learn from the people we have heard from, I am building courage to take the next steps.
I have significant experience at "downsizing", or employee layoff's. I have worked for 4 companies in the past 35 years, and all of these companies have been through significant downsizing episodes, I have been closely involved in these for 17 years, and I'm good at it. Now is the time. Calgary is experiencing a difficult time as an Oil and Gas City, and while the issues won't last forever, they will last long enough that outplacement services have become a critical part of business for the many impacted companies. This is my calling. I have been prepared for this, and I can add value to the key objectives for many companies.
Jeff talked about finding his entrepreneurial "calling". As I learned about his journey and reflected on our recent case studies (Erica Mills and Magdalena Yesil) I have given more thought to my "exit strategy" from my existing career and role as an HR Business Partner. I work for an Oil and Gas Company in Calgary, and the oil price is significantly low at the moment, this impacts me and many of my friends and colleagues. Couple this challenging issue with a couple of events in our company that have impacted our business. Consequently I feel insecure in my current role. As time goes on, and as I learn from the people we have heard from, I am building courage to take the next steps.
I have significant experience at "downsizing", or employee layoff's. I have worked for 4 companies in the past 35 years, and all of these companies have been through significant downsizing episodes, I have been closely involved in these for 17 years, and I'm good at it. Now is the time. Calgary is experiencing a difficult time as an Oil and Gas City, and while the issues won't last forever, they will last long enough that outplacement services have become a critical part of business for the many impacted companies. This is my calling. I have been prepared for this, and I can add value to the key objectives for many companies.
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