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August 22nd, 2012

?I think we need a break?.

The words cut through me as I listened to my husband bring up a separation? again.

This isn?t the first time we have talked about it. It?s July 2012, a few days before our 3rd wedding anniversary and my marriage is rapidly deteriorating.

Three years ago, I graduated Valedictorian with an MBA from the #1 business school in Canada. A few months later in July 2009, I moved to the U.S. to marry the love of my life. The sky was the limit and future was so promising.

I had all my plans laid out and of course, that?s usually when the fun begins?

The day (yes, one day) after our honeymoon, I discovered I was a few weeks pregnant and by the time my green card arrived so I could begin work, I was well into my second trimester.

No point applying for a job now, I thought.

I had already started Crystal Clear Interviews and worked on it part-time through business school so instead of sitting around, I made the decision this would be my full-time job. It gave me the flexibility to be on maternity leave, work from home and do what I love ? help women succeed.

The only problem was, I had never started an online business before.

So, if I wasn?t returning to the corporate world to get a job, I needed to do ?whatever it took? to get this venture off the ground. That single decision was the reason my husband was having this conversation with me.

I did ?whatever it took?.

18 hour days. 7 days a week. Weekends. Holidays. No breaks. Lots of marketing seminars. Internet courses and training programs. Learning whatever I needed to learn to bring this business to life.

I went from caring for one baby, my beautiful daughter Jasmine to caring for my next baby, Crystal Clear Interviews.

I love this business and the way I am able to impact hundreds of women every day. I live, breathe and obsess about every detail. I want everything to be first-class, from the product to the service we provide.

I oversee every single detail of the website, marketing materials, membership sites, articles, videos, blog posts that we write and distribute all over the internet.

I obsess over the amount of traffic the website gets, the content we give away for free and the content our members pay for. I obsess over whether they are pleased with our product, our services.

I wonder why some choose to invest in the program and others don?t. Why aren?t they buying? Is it me? Am I not describing it well? Why don?t they trust me that I can help them? If they have a problem I can help them why won?t they try the program?

Yes, I obsess over this daily. It?s all I talk about.

I celebrate every time I get a phone call or email with a success story from one of our members who had a great interview and got hired.

I love leading workshops for Dress For Success, a non-profit organization helping disadvantaged women with professional attire and career development.

I love being a guest expert at career fairs for Women For Hire, founded by Good Morning America?s Tory Johnson.

I love speaking to groups and associations teaching women how to do more, be more and achieve more in their careers.

I love my job as Founder/CEO of Crystal Clear Interviews.

I love, love, LOVE it!

But it?s destroying my personal life.

I looked at my husband and realized that I couldn?t continue like this. The time, money and energy it takes to build any business is taking a toll on us. I want to keep growing it and helping more women succeed. But I can?t. Not right now.

It?s not fair to my family. And if I have to attend one more therapy session, I?ll shoot myself.

?I?ll get a job honey? I heard myself say. And I meant it.

So, today, I am officially on the job market again.

I?m not looking for my dream job. I already have it.

But I need to make some changes. I need to scale it back.

So, I?m cancelling all speaking engagements and guest blogging activity immediately. I?m ceasing all advertising and I?m scaling back the number of live workshops and personal consultations I deliver.

I?ll still blog every week and of course, our online course is always available 24/7 on the website.

Why am I sharing all this with you?

Well, if you are reading this, you are part of a community I serve.

A community of ambitious professional women looking for the help they need to succeed in their job interviews. And just like you, I am also going through major changes in my life and my career and trying to figure it all out.

And what better way to help you succeed than to go through this journey with you.

So?

As I re-enter the job market, I am going to share with you my process, the exact strategies I teach in our course that I am going to use to land my next job offer.

You?ll get what?s working and what?s not with my job search, resume, cover letter and job interviews so you can benefit from this too.

Sound good?

It should be fun.

I?m embracing it like the new adventure that it is.

And you should too.

Embrace whatever journey you are on with the right attitude and everything will fall into place.

For me, it means slowing down as a busy entrepreneur, finding a less hectic job and reconnecting with my husband and best friend.

Please feel free to share your thoughts, comments and questions below and I?ll answer them personally.

Talk soon!

Source: http://www.prepareforyourinterview.com/how-to-get-a-job-2/what-do-you-do-when-its-not-working/

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