A few weeks ago my wife and I learned that the high school, which my daughter attends, was going to close at the end of the school year. It was a sad day since my older two daughters had graduated from there and to top it all off my wife also worked there.
In the matter of a few days we had to find my daughter a new school and my wife a new job. I thought to myself, this could be a true test of my coaching skills and our marriage.
My wife asked for my assistance so we sat down on Saturday and started her plan. She had made contact with a few people already telling them she was in a search, had received a couple of phones calls from people with leads and checked out the most popular teaching websites.
We started the process of verifying what type of job she wanted to do, laid out her Personal Marketing Story, and drafted her resume and references. By the end of the weekend we had identified two teaching positions she was going to apply for. We followed the Career Networking Pro process and applied online as required, sent cover letters and resumes directly to the hiring authority, contacted people we thought that knew the hiring authority personally and followed up with phone calls to the hiring authority after they received the letter.
Our quick action paid off as she was asked to come in for interviews for both positions. Before both interviews she did her research on the organizations and people and we practiced interviewing.
As she prepared to go to the interviews she was very nervous but also felt she was as prepared as she could be. The preparation gave her the confidence to be herself during the interviews.
It was amazing that she received a job offer from both schools. She accepted the one that allowed her to continue teaching the subjects she loves. During this time my daughter visited a number of schools and selected the school she wanted to attend.
We had a very stressful month pulling our lives back together. We are very blessed to have this work out so well so fast. Hard work, planning and following the plan had paid off.
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