Career change

It has been a long time coming.

I left my long term and secured position with an Employment agency in 2015 because I was recruited to join an engineering consulting firm as their in house recruiter.  It was a sweet gig but it didn't last long.  I was laid off after 3 months because the company decided to downsize.  Although I quickly found a new position, but it was only for 6 months.  I was on income assistant for the next 6 months and was interviewed for a lot of jobs.  I couldn't find anything and I was depressed.  I was focusing on securing a position as an in house recruiter, and I soon realised that I may have better luck with jobs in Agency world.

Once I switched my focus, I was hired by an International Agency.  I was hired to be one of the Talent Acquisition Specialists in their Vancouver office.  The job didn't last.  I was there for 5 months and I was let go because they restructuring. 

After that, another agency offered me a position.  The offer was insulting and the management  had ridiculous demands.  The working conditions was not great either.

Being 45 years old with almost 20 years of experience, I found that it has become difficult to find long term work.  Most company want to hire people that are younger people and that is a fact.  I don't have management experience and people don't want to hire a 45 years old front line worker.

It is time for me to go out and start my own and start my own business in recruiting.  I had a fear of being successful or able to motivate my own self.  I worked through those fears and gained my confident in working.   I rather work on my own and start my own business.  Being an entrepreneur is not an easy task, but at least I can be own boss.