Morgan Jennings’ Post

It's been 11ish weeks since my layoff. I've sent my resume to an absurd amount of companies, connections, and online applications. I've re-engineered my resume countless times, have made lots of tweaks to my LinkedIn profile in hopes that making small updates every few days might jump my profile up on some sort of algorithm or something?? Have spoken to numerous recruitment agencies as well as company in-house recruiters. So far I've been either overqualified, not qualified enough, or I'm perfectly qualified but I don't live in the right city and relocation assistance is not being offered. I have made it through 2 full interview processes, neither resulting in an offer. The most recent being the Amazon interview process, which is not for the faint of heart. If I wasn't laid off, I wouldn't have had the time or energy to make it through that but I'm proud of myself for powering through it. While I am still applying, I am also considering other alternatives. -A life of crime. Prison guarantees housing and food. it won't be as nice as my house but Im sure I could make it work. -I have created a dating profile on a sugar daddy website to see if a wealthy man would pay for my company since that feels more achievable than getting hired at a company these days. maybe I can have an illicit affair with a politician and get paid a lot of hush money to never speak of it. -Joining a convent. I'm not religious but just like with prison, I wouldn't need to worry about affording clothing or housing or food because it's provided in the arrangements for my assignments. -Checking myself into a inpatient mental health program. Group therapy sessions, art and music therapy. I'll just be medicated and coloring for the rest of my days. -Or perhaps now is the time for me to try to join a band and see if I can make enough from singing to survive in this city with all of the other struggling artists and musicians. Sell everything I own, buy a big van and my dogs and I can live in it and travel and play music. Become a gypsy. In summary, please keep sending me any leads you may have for me. I want to be creating product or campaign launch plans again. Gantt calendars and roadmapping sessions. I miss managing budgets and wrangling cross-functional team members to lead us to a successful product delivery because winning as a team is more challenging and more rewarding vs individual contributor roles. I also miss mentoring and coaching my junior team members who made me so proud as I helped them grow in their roles. Thanks in advance.

I once conducted a 4 hour long exit interview. Terry came in, visibly shaking, and before I could say a word, she started...  “I hear you are good at listening, that you actually care and that you will advocate for change.  I was told I should tell you EVERYTHING”. And so she did. She was anxious to start, but I watched her relax as she went through pages and pages of stories and specific examples of all of the concerns she raised.  I listened, empathized and wrote furiously. We had 4 x 1 hour sessions. You may think that was excessive. Was it worth our time? Absolutely. For the organization… Terry’s feedback shed in depth light on a number of different issues that had also come up in previous interviews. She had dozens of examples and stories to support her concerns. 👉 It led to the firing of a senior leader. 👉 It led to a number of policy changes. 👉 It re-built trust in the organization when they acted on the feedback. Every employee that was left behind saw changes implemented. Those interviews left a lasting impact on the company and the culture. Exit interviews are not a waste of time. I’ve conducted thousands of them over my 20+ years in HR. Most companies don’t have the capacity to do them well. So I’m taking on 2-3 companies to help them get value out of their exit interviews. Book a complimentary consultation call: https://lnkd.in/g6AZzwXy

"If I'm able to change, shouldn't I extend grace to believe that others can change too?" Watch Betty Hart's full talk on the necessity of having conversations with those you disagree with: http://t.ted.com/2SORHnq