I decided to bite the bullet and take up the offer of career counselling the company I work for offerred. This isn't a face to face thing, it's phone conferences with someone almost 2,000 kms away in an entirely different province.
The initial conversation was the counsellor asking what they could do for me, and they decided that my resume should be the top priority. I was given some initial hints, then told that I should work on the resumé, and send it in for comments. The second call went like this:
Me: you got the resumé?
Them: Yes.. I just have a couple of comments.. where to begin.
Me: well, how is it?
Them: It's boring, not focused. With your experience in the industry, you haven't really done much. Who would hire you with this resume? No one. If I got this resume, I would say you aren't worth hiring.
This positive reinforcement went on for another20 minues or so, then when I was asked if I had any questions, I was cut off in the middle of things and heard:
Them: Whoa! our 30 minutes is up. Until you have something I can work with, there's really no sense booking another appointment. Send me another resume, and when I see something worth talking about, I'll let you know when we can talk again.
It looks like I have a lot of work to do, and have been quite humbled.
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