

When I made the decision to leave a "good job" and take an indefinite amount of time off, I felt uncertain and received a lot of questions. Until I took the leap, I hadn't known how much I had needed the break and the time to reassess my priorities. When the time was right to explore...
When I made the decision to leave a "good job" and take an indefinite amount of time off, I felt uncertain and received a lot of questions. Until I took the leap, I hadn't known how much I had needed the break and the time to reassess my priorities. When the time was right to explore employment, my intention was to answer essential questions that mattered to me instead of going on the "job hunt" in a traditional sense. Join me for this live Q&A and ask me anything about how I ultimately made my decision and what lead to my decision to take this role at Guru!
In this chat I want you to walk away with...
Julia runs GTM enablement at Guru Technologies, empowering revenue teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Prior to Guru, Julia led Product Marketing communication and enablement for the Adobe Advertising Cloud. In Julia's education and career: She is inspired by the passionate. She is affected by diversity in perspective and believe that nuance and gray area can make all the difference. An effective communicator since birth, she is tenacious and thoughtful, a leader, a team member, a listener.
Did you discover any useful tools to help you reassess your situation and determine what exactly you wanted to do next?
What challenges did you have with many companies who do not appreciate people taking a career gap.
How did you handle salary discussion without taking a heavy hit due to your absence from field?
How did you explain your gap and how did employers receive it and what kept you motivated and empowered?
What made you take a break from work? What did you do with your time? What made you come back?
How did you make the decision to leave your old job? What prompted the decision? What factors did you weigh when deciding?
Would you have made the same decisions during a pandemic? What would have changed, if anything?
How did you explain your gap in your resume and Linkedin profile?
How do you dealing with continuously finding yourself in roles you're not that passionate about? How can you overcome and break this pattern?
What did you learn and love as well as want to leave behind from your previous roles compared to your new path?
How are you sure you’re not just thinking the grass is greener elsewhere?
How did you financially prepare for your indefinite time off?
What inspires you daily?
How to manage with fear of the unknown?
When you started looking for the next stop on your journey, how did you present your time off during the interview process?
How did you decide to structure your time during your sabbatical?
How sure were you from 0-100 that you wouldn't regret quitting?
Any tips on how to better position yourself in a new job/environment? #confidence
What steps and assessment did you take to determine your new path?
How did you explain the gap on your resume when interviewing for positions? How was your response received?
How do you search for a job in a field you have limited experience in?
How do your prioritize your job/career goal, given that the ideal jobs rarely exists
1. How did you connect with the right contact to get into your new role? 2. I recently graduated with a Master's degree and wondering what advice would you give to someone recently graduated and...
Did you do any continuing education during your time off? How did you spend your year and a half? What is the best way to answer a question about a gap in your resume?
Do you have any suggestions on building resumes for people who performed multiple job duties across multiple departments? my role was a mix of customer success, marketing and operations. Would...
What are the best ways to keep yourself motivated knowing that you still have lots of unknown in what could be your next job/employer?
I made a similar decision to leave a "good job" and take indefinite time off. Yet I now the feel the need to go back to workforce, and in this recession era it is harder than ever. How did you...
How can you career pivot during a sabbatical period? What ways can you not only gain new skills but show proficiency to recruiters?
As someone who recently did the same thing by taking a 2 year sabbatical, do you have any advice on job hunting during this time?
How did you maintain your skills during the 1 1/2 years off? I have my MBA and Six Sigma certification, however, things are evolving so quickly during this pandemic I want to remain relevant for...
What was your job before your time off? Have you add any skills during your time off, in terms of your profession? Tool knowledge etc.
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