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career, change, creative, HR, layoffs, networking, transition, unemployed, work
It’s been awhile since my last post. I think it would be easiest to blame it on the fact my wife & I have three young children (Don’t get me wrong, I love ‘em to death, but sometimes it can be next to impossible to get things done around the house!).
Today, I find myself with a little more “free time” on my hands since my position was recently eliminated at Ipsos, a global market research company. As I’ve told many, everything happens for a reason. And I remain confident I’ll solidify a great new opportunity where I’m meant to be. So far, I’ve enjoyed the time networking with others, enjoying more special moments with family, getting creative in the kitchen, & finishing long over due home projects.
It’s been an interesting experience thus far (it’s been a whopping 11 days). Ironically enough, I spent the last four years in HR delivering the news/communication & subsequent severance packages to affected employees of company downsizings (AKA: reductions in force, layoffs, rightsizings- in the end, it’s all the same right?). While I tried desperately to sympathize with the people affected, I could not truly empathize having never been laid-off myself. If there’s any silver lining in this “transition”, it’s that perhaps I can better understand/appreciate what people go through “in transition” (This is the new coin phrase for unemployed) & I can be better equipped to assist them in the future.
I’m a huge proponent of change. I embrace & excel at it. My wife, on the other hand, detests it. This, I believe, is what’s making the current transition the most difficult. But I remain quite optimistic the exciting career opportunity that awaits me, is right around the corner. My goal: to get back engaged in work that inspires me on or before January 1, 2012. Until then, you’re quite likely to get more frequent babble from the Fortisseur.
Onward & upward!
F
Beauty is many times the by-product of transition
