What if losing your job was actually the first step toward finding your best-fit career? After being laid off, Melissa Shapiro fought fear, built confidence, and discovered a career that aligned with her strengths. In this episode, she reveals the strategies, mindset shifts, and lessons that helped her transform job loss into opportunity.
What you’ll learn
- What to do immediately after a layoff (without panicking)
- How Melissa turned job loss into the push she needed for a career change
- The biggest fear people face after being laid off — and how to overcome it
- Why you don’t need to pick one career for the rest of your life
- How to use setbacks as stepping stones to better opportunities
Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here!
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