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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!

Full Name: *

Email: *

Contact phone:

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

Current employment situation: *

Unemployed and searching

Unemployed and no longer searching

Employed in a relevant role, and searching

Employed in a "get me by" job, and searching

Employed in a "get me by" job, and no longer searching

None of these

Please choose the best selection that describes your current situation.

Unemployment situation:

Involuntarily (laid off / let go)

Voluntarily

IF you are currently unemployed, please specify how.

Were layoffs anticipated?:

Yes

No

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

How long have you been searching?:

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

How many times have experienced a layoff in your career?: *

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

How many companies have you worked for during your career?: *

What would you say is unique about your current job search?:

What would you say is unique about your current job search, as compared with (a) job searches YOU have conducted in the past, and/or (b) other friends/colleagues/relatives job searches.

What strategies or tactics have (or have not) worked for you?:

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?

Emotionally, how are you feeling about your current job search?:

Struggles and successes?:

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

Are you changing roles or industries?:

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 additional education during your job search?:

Have you undertaken additional education to make you more marketable? Does this relate to your previous role, or retraining for an entirely different role?

Have you pursued any hobbies or volunteering?:

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?

Advice?:

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

Other comments?:

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

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