I’ve been working on an exit strategy for well over 8 months. I’ve polished up my resume to make it look attractive to employers both in and outside of our industry. I’ve networked so much that sometimes I think those in my network are getting tired of hearing from me. I’ve even expanded my search area but still nothing seems to pan out after the initial interview. Is there anything else I can do to increase my chances here? Any advice will be extremely appreciated.
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You could start your own company, work somewhere else, listen to self help tapes, and happy talk gurus that will motivate you to be a happy drone. It's the sad reality of American "life"
What can you do? Expatriate.
Start your own company and apply for government contracts that audit health care companies. Karma
There's no where to go. each place was corrupt and bogus. they answered to the deep state which was greed/capitalism.
Like everything in the american corporate world, these incentives were all just scams to get you to work harder for free.
Would recommend staying away from big chain companies. Theyre famous for the "sorry you didn't meet employment criteria" line, It seems so reminiscent to why the company fired us. Let us go because they didn't make it known there was overtime. Fired us right before we were to get a bonus. Seems methodically timed, don't you think? Lost faith in the workforce completely. It's just indentured servitude and people are willingly compliant.
Another gripe is how parents, boomers, and peers say to sell yourself , be yourself, in the interview. So, be fake and bend over backwards, got it so you can get terminated for cheap foreign workers. got it.
You want loyalty....get a dog.
LOL--loyalty, dedication, patriotism to a job, corporation? No thanks. Instead of a...substantial raise, here’s your MAYBE PERHAPS POTENTIAL yearly 1%-1.5% COLA based on some boxes you checked for your performance and...a $3.00 PIECE OF PAPER CERTIFICATE APPRECIATION THAT SAYS HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN HERE! No thanks.
remember once the guy who was old, his wife has died (that was sad) his house was breaking up in pieces (because of some typical construction problem) and some rooms were abandoned. Had a look into one of his rooms anyway and he had some diploma on the cracked wall from a company where he worked for 40 years as a thank you note for being loyal and dedicated. It was very sad to look in what state he (and his house) was now and to be looking at that paper from work which meant absolutely nothing.
Dont worry . It took over a year to find a real job with benefits, retirement. Had to supplement with other jobs, but it was worth it because the stress at that former place was ridic. Dont know how anyone with options could stay there. It's really sad. hang in there and don't let anything get you down. Smile, keep the mouth closed, and nod. Dont let them know your plans until or unless you must/at appropriate time and only the bare minimum info.
I would just hang in there and keep trying. I searched for almost a year after my layoff but coronavirus definitely made everything weird. Eventually I found something and actually got more interview requests after I started my new job than I had gotten before. So I think the market is picking up.
if you aren't married to the boss's daughter or your dad is not the president of the company, you have a shelf life.
The CEO has a 7-8 figure employment contract and must answer to Fraud Street ("Wall") Street , quartarly earnings, stockholders etc..etc..The employees have nothing. They're corporate simps and have corporate Stockholm syndrome. Run a blog, run a "social" media site and agree be your own boss bc working in the US empire is horrible
These type of jobs only cate about numbers, production and turning a profit. That is why they micro manage you. You could try finding a job that is not based off the market " Wall street" to be exact. The pressure is on the CEO and then that pressure trickles down to us the bottom people. If you're young enough you can try a career in Social media and be your own Boss. A lot of young people are waking up to that.
Have you ever read that article about that executive David Smith who quit his position to go work for Amazon. He got sued over accusations of trading secrets.
Maybe do something unrelated to "health" "care". Do you have any talents, passions, interests outside of "health" "care"? If so, maybe expand into that network.