Managing careers became really challenging during the pandemic and even after – practically overnight some people go from interviewing for jobs and entertaining a job offer to experiencing sudden layoffs or seeing their job offer disappearing. The uncertainty about the future can impact any industry at all job levels.
The article below recommends the following possible activities to pursue when your job offer suddenly disappears:
- If the position is now on hold, confirm what the reasons for this hold are.
- Reposition yourself for the current hiring reality.
- Give the hiring employer space.
- Start doing the job and make yourself indispensable.
- Find another job and use the competing offer to force the hiring decisions.
- Use the pause to jumpstart other leads.
It is never to late to engage more deeply in career counseling. Your career ‘self’ is one aspect of you that is closely linked to your early experiences with authorities, your parents’ dreams for you and for themselves, your relationships and obligations today and in the future. You are a whole individual with unique circumstances affecting your job search at any given time. The pre-requisite for a successful job search includes understanding your character, your internal values, beliefs, and goals, and it does not happen in a vacuum. Difficult emotions can come up as part of this deep work.
I integrate career counseling with mental health counseling and specialize in Brainspotting therapy. While issues involving your work will likely come up during personal counseling, personal and career counseling are really two different types of counseling. Personal counseling is designed to treat a specific issue (e.g., anxiety, loneliness, relationship troubles), whereas career counseling is designed specifically to focus on work and career development. We can work together to determine which type of counseling would be most helpful for you at this point. Brainspotting therapy helps people process distress and difficult emotions that are blocking them from pursuing their dreams. I see all clients via secure online video therapy. Contact me to discuss how I can be of help.