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  • #276585
    Sarah
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    Dear Carrie,

    I would love to speak with you on this topic.

    How can I take you up on this?

    In care,

    Sarah

    #276601
    Carrie
    Participant

    Hi Sarah,

    Absolutely! Would love to help you with anything I can!

    Are you comfortable sharing things here? I would be happy to reply and maybe those answers will be helpful to others as well?

    For more sensitive things – I think there isn’t an option to send a direct message to someone on here, but maybe I can share my email or create a new email for these? In any case, I would suggest only sharing anonymised information. For example, I can help you optimise the description of your last role (for your CV), but to do that I won’t need any details about the company, your location or anything like that. Just the general description of responsibilities.

    I’m open to suggestions in case you think of any other options. πŸ™‚

    Best wishes,

    Carrie

    #281973
    tartansky
    Participant

    Hi Carrie,

    This is my first post on this site. I came across this thread and am interested in your generous offer as well. Thanks for putting yourself out there!

    #283097
    Carrie
    Participant

    Hi tartansky,

    Apologies for the late reply! I would be happy to help πŸ™‚ How would that work best for you?

    #283983
    tartansky
    Participant

    Hi Carrie,

    N/p. As you can see, I did it too! πŸ˜‰ Sorry about that.

    Thank you for your offer. I’d generally prefer to use email, but understand your wanting to share with the community.

    My situation’s a little funky…

    My work history is all over the place! I think it looks awful on paper, even when I use a skills-based format.

    Additionally, my most recent jobs (the ones I would put on a resume) don’t reflect what I do want to do for work, even more so than my further-back history. It’s more a case of I have a vague idea of what I want to do, and a much clearer idea of what I *don’t* from those past experiences.

    Thirdly, I’m right at that age where it starts to become That Discriminating Factor That No One Wants to Talk About. I wouldn’t worry as much about that if I’d had a solid career (or at least career path) up to now, but being a middle-aged dilettante isn’t allowed like it often is for the young’uns– especially if you’re trying to market yourself as a professional!

    I have no criminal history or drug abuse issues, but feel like these and other factors compromise my prospects at least as much.

    So… what do you think? πŸ˜€

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