"I was going to bounce back, I thought. I had a solid network, after all: designers from all over the United States had collaborated with me on many community projects. I had this one in the bag, or so I thought. It would be as easy as reaching out to the right person and immediately getting the help I needed. But it wouldn't be that simple."
"My network floundered. They were hanging onto their jobs for dear life, too. Calls to meet up and discuss openings would reveal those very openings either didn't exist or were for internal hires only. I contacted an old colleague about a role that seemed open, only for him to discover that it was for an internal employee based in Canada."
An individual experienced the first stages of loss after losing a cozy corporate job in Duluth, Georgia. Initial confidence and belief in quick recovery rested on a broad network of designers across the United States who had collaborated on community projects. Attempts to leverage that network for new openings proved unsuccessful as contacts clung to their own jobs. Meetings and job leads often revealed positions that did not exist or were reserved for internal hires. A contacted colleague discovered a seemingly open role was actually filled by an internal employee in Canada, raising questions about misleading job postings.
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