3.5 Robin ~ You no longer have a role in this company

The day I received an urgent teleconference invitation with my team leaders to discuss the future of my department was a day that changed the direction of my career forever.

My department was a support unit to another department of a Fortune 100 company and we had just acquired a new leader. This new leader changed the direction of my department’s goals and notified myself and forty-nine other investigators that our position had been eliminated.

This news caused great uncertainty in my life because I was forced to remain at my company for six months in order to obtain my severance package, and after 17 years with the company, it was a lucrative package. I remember going for a walk to think about the news. While I was walking, I heard a small voice say, “Wait and pray”.

I had deep faith that everything in life happens for a reason and the master creator had a better plan for my life.

Once I formally started my job search in January 2017, I was confident that I would obtain a job in my field. But after eight months of researching, applying, and interviewing for investigator roles without a job offer, I decided to take classes that could better my side business. My path led me to the doors of Chippewa Valley Technical College.

My initial thought was to take a couple of classes to learn something that could grow my business, but after my first semester I knew I wanted to be a full-time student and change my career field to marketing.

One day walking to class, I heard that small voice say, “give Me two years” and I said okay. Not sure what I was saying okay for, but I thought I could do anything for two years. What I would not know how much would have changed in those two years.

In addition to marketing, I enrolled in the digital marketing program at CVTC, closed and sold my side business, ended an annual large scale charity fundraising event, and am about to graduate with two associates of applied science degrees and two certifications in social media.

I now am about to embark on a new journey. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have received since that fateful day. I will enter this next stage with hope and expectation that something good is going to happen to me.