They don't want your resume. They want this.
Nov 10, 2026
Here’s something I hear a lot from people when they describe their career:
They describe themselves by their resume.
“I spent 22 years in project management.”
“I was a director of operations.”
“I ran a training department for a decade.”
“I owned a ________ business.”
All true. All impressive, but none of it gets someone hired for project work.
Because nobody wakes up thinking, I really need a director of operations.
They wake up thinking:
This launch is behind schedule, and nobody owns it.
Our new hires are lost for the first month, and it’s costing us money.
Or, I don’t have time to build this training program myself.
That’s the conversation that leads to paid work.
Not your title.
The problem you can make disappear.
When my husband and I decided to move abroad with our two dogs, “I have a lot of professional experience” wasn’t going to pay for anything.
What mattered was: which pieces of what I already knew could I turn into income I could take with me? That question led us to Costa Rica and later to Spain.
You don’t need to reinvent yourself or start over.
You need to see what you already know as a service with a name and a result attached.
Thrive Through Transition,
Jeanne
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