Starting over at 50 Curtis H Benton

It's been 3 months since I was let go and found myself out of what I had thought was my forever job.  I'm excited to report that as of Monday morning, I'm back on the ladder and excited about my new opportunity with a massive global company!

I know that many folks are finding the job market slimmer by the day.  Big companies are starting to watch their bottom lines as earning season ramps up.  2nd quarter closes out in just a couple days and the numbers are not looking good.  But I'm hearing on the street that people are looking for more mature workers now.  They have hired young people who pick up and leave after a year or two always chasing the almight dollar... or taking part in the great resignation.

I'm sure many of them are starting to question their participation in that now as well.

I can't say enough about my team of friends and former co-workers who put in a good word for me, provided references, or my career coach from the Hanah Group. Thanks Kim!

For each of you who is out there now.  I am saying a prayer for you and hoping that your next opportunity is right around the corner.  In fact... I know it is.  Just have faith!

It's been a month of so since our last chat.  I caught some kind of cold that messed up my voice and I've been chaotically getting things back to normal here in the new house.

I have been working with a career coach from the Hanna Group who has helped out tremendously.  She's in HR and has provided insight into my resume and my overall job search.  It's been very helpful and I will be posting my new resume and cover letter on the Facebook Page later today.

I hope you all are doing well and finding your next steps as we start over...with the next phase of our working life.

We sold the house and we're moving.  Less than a month from start to finish!  Moving all our stuff from one house, to a smaller house has taught me all about the "carrying cost" of the stuff we keep in our lives.

Take a moment to listen, learn, and perhaps go through that bin of receipts in the bottom of your filing cabinet!

Do we go through the cycles of grief or something similar when we lose our jobs...and are faced with the unknown?  I think so.  I have just completed my first week of being un-employed... again.   And with the sale of our home, the move to our rental home and all sorts of univeral chaos going on.  Perhaps it's best if I take a breath and evaluate what it will take to move me forward.

I appreciate each and every one of you who are on this journey with me.  Is there anything I can do to help?  Ask away....

So after just a few weeks more than a year at what I believed to be my forever home, I'm back in the dog shelter.  Corporate structural changes, an ignorant and incapable new manager and a failure to see the flashing red lights have left me back out on the street.

This time, I'm leaving with a new skill set, new contacts, and a hope for new and exciting opportunities.  Additionally, as a sales rep, remote work is now more popular than ever, so our hope of moving to Florida and starting over is higher than ever.

At the end of the day, its just a job, its just a paycheck... so on to the next opportunity!

Been gone for a couple weeks.  Just an update to let everyone know whats going on in Vegas...and Florida!

Some times the next chapter is in the next book... Time to start wrapping up our time in Las Vegas and searching for our next adventure in Sunny, Friendly, Freedom loving Florida!