Sometimes a pivot comes from within.  You want to change something.  What about when the thing coming is external?  For Shannon Ziolkowski, the company she worked for since college was moving headquarters from Minneapolis to Miami.  She did not want to make that geographical change and uproot her life.  Shannon chose to stay.

Staying would mean leaving the company she loved.  Faced with lots of change she did three things to pivot.  First, she rewrote her resume even though it’s something she hates to do.  Looking at her accomplishments, she got some help in how to translate those in an appealing, marketable way.  Next she put herself out there creating a digital presence and applied to many openings posted.  Not easy but necessary.  Then she networked.  Connecting, talking with others she was able to lean on the people in her circle as she valued their opinions.  All the while she took the advice she would give to her 10-year old self: Believe in yourself.  Your decisions will be ok and it’s going to work out.

Shannon was on the podcast before in You Can Still Have Fun in the Sun episode 153.

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