Day 7 and Day 8 - Betty Crocker

So I changed my Linked-In Message and now I am getting inquiries about what happened with my employment. I need to develop an elevator speech that makes me sound like it was not my fault without it sounding like I am defensive - not an easy task. I find myself going into this long explanation about changes in the organization, new leadership and a poor economy. Then I end with this lame sandwich technique where I say how my customers did not agree with the decision. Ugh... when I hear it sounds pathetic.. I can only imagine what others are thinking - "that poor girl, she is in denial."

Guess what.... employers actually use the Michigan Unemployment Job Bank. I was contacted by a company who was looking for a recruiter. What a surprising shock that this system may actually work....

On another note, my inner Betty Crocker is coming out. I know this will be a short lived state but it should be fun for a week. I clipped out interesting recipes and started putting meal plans together. I went grocery shopping (I am such a fraud) trying to remember what the heck tahini was again (I was in Trader Joe's and embarrassed to ask where it was since I couldn't remember if it was a vegetable or a sauce.) It was for one of my recipes that sounded good.

Realization I am going to just tell people I was laid off and looking forward to my next opportunity. Tahini is a sesame seed paste (my husband tells me) near the peanut butter - you learn something new everyday.