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Work, Ambition & Unemployment

Essays on career uncertainty, ambition, unemployment, and work identity.

How to Support Someone Who Is Unemployed: What Helps vs. What Hurts

7 months. That's how long the third stint of my unemployment journey is lasting at the moment. I've been grateful to finally dip my toe into consulting, but so far these have been temporary opportunities, and I'm still y

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June 15, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment4 min read

This Blog Cost Me A Job

So this is something that I debated on writing about... but I feel like it would be an injustice not to highlight the issues with what happened. This blog cost me a job opportunity last…

January 6, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read

So, I lost my job.

I took a gamble, and it didn't pay off. At the end of this past summer, I left my comfortable gig as Director of Marketing for a men's fashion brand and took the leap to become VP of…

January 14, 2021Work, Ambition & Unemployment7 min read

Work-Life Balance.

2020 brought a lot of lessons, with one being the importance of maintaining a proper work-life balance. Those of us who were fortunate enough to keep our jobs during the pandemic also found…

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