Storms Make Oaks Take Deeper Root

So says George Herbert...

Leaving a job is often a very traumatic experience even when the choice to leave is yours.

After years of being a member of a work group, being an important and accepted part of a work family, you are leaving home.

If you have been told to leave, the hurt can go very deep. No matter how unavoidable the layoff, no matter if the company had to close its doors, or no matter how generous and gentle the severance package, it still is painful.

BUT just because you have left a job, it does not mean you have lost all, or even any, of what you have gained, of what you have become.

You acquired experience, knowledge, skills and more in the time you spent with the company. You changed and developed talents and gifts that will be yours to keep forever.

You may have left a company, but you have not lost who you are and what value you can add to another company. You now have the opportunity to find your next workplace home -- a workplace that will appreciate what you have to offer and reward you with new relationships, new opportunities and greater possibilities for your new future.

First and foremost, you have not become just another job seeker.

To many employers, you are a highly valued resource provider.

Start with identifying the talents, the special gifts, you have that represent high value to the employer market. What can you do, and do well, that is most desired?

Learn how to communicate and present yourself as a value proposition to your next workplace home. How can you act best to send the right messages? Who do you know that can help you get out those words about you?

We can help with that at JVS.

Go to www.jvsdet.org for more info or contact me.

Walt Tarrow
wtarrow@jvsdet.org
248.233.4231