Stories from the Job Search

For door64 members currently conducting a job search: We're looking for individuals to tell their story about their career and especially current job hunt situation. If you are willing to be interviewed in person (on camera), you may benefit through professional and/or crowd-sourced career guidance and employment leads.

Please fill in as many fields as possible. The more information you can provide us, the better. Also, fields followed by an asterisk are required. All information will remain confidential until explicitly released by you. Thank you!



Please enter the phone number to contact you for follow-up, if necessary.

Please choose the best selection that describes your current situation.

IF you are currently unemployed, please specify how.

IF you were involuntarily separated, did you anticipate the layoffs happening (either to you in particular, or your department/company in general)?

If you are currently searching for a job (or had been), what is/was the duration? Please specify the number of months.

If you are currently unemployed due to a layoff, include this in your count.

Are there any job search or career strategies that have worked well for you in this job search? Have you done anything unconventional? Any strategies or tactics that have NOT worked for you?

What have been your major struggles in this job search? What have been your biggest successes? What has surprised you along the way?

In your current job search, are you drastically changing the type of position you are seeking, or the industry you're targeting?

Have you pursued any hobbies, volunteering, or other extracurricular activities during your job search? If so, have the influenced (positively or negatively) your job search and possibly career?

Based on your experiences, what advice do you give to your peers, colleagues, friends about their career and/or job search?

Please give any other comments, or answer any questions you think we should have asked.