I went through a crazy job transition in 2004. It started with a call from a business contact with a job lead that sounded like the perfect next job for me. Several weeks later with a job offer in hand, I resigned and prepared for my next position. This is where it gets interesting. The offer gets rescinded. Yes! It seems they had forgotten to get all the approvals. (Minor oversight, huh?)
It was then that I ran into Felipe Gomez, one of the Back on Track Network (www.backontracknet.org) co-founders, who invited me to a career support meeting. What a great group of folks? They helped me improve my resume, network, and work through the internal struggles that go with losing a job and getting a new one. They provided me with the practical, motivational, and spiritual support I needed.
The job I did end up getting wasn’t as perfect as the first one or so I thought. Then again it was the job that illuminated me to some skills I didn’t know I had. While working as a project manager over a team of ethical hackers and security specialists (that’s an entirely other story), I found myself mentoring, coaching, and advising not just my direct reports, but our client sponsor. I saw so clearly how this gear head engineer could use his non-engineering skills to help people in both their professional and personal lives.
Shortly thereafter, I joined Back on Track Network as a volunteer career coach. I did extensive research and took some formal training to improve my skills. Later, I accepted a position on their board of directors. I’ve been involved in one way or another ever since.
I recently felt a real calling to figure out how to reach a broader audience. I had accumulated so much information and knowledge through my research, coaching, speaking, and involvement with out of work people and it seemed like a shame to have it landlocked in laptop. That’s how CareerJockey.org was born.
So here is CareerJockey.org’s mission:
To publish job hunt, career discernment and career advancement resources for both adults and college students in order to help these individuals maximize career success and achieve work life balance.
In a nutshell, I want to support you as you grab the reins of your career and take it where you want to go.
