“My Career is Over – 
So Now What Do I Do Now?”

• What is Society’s’ Response?
  Ultimately society wants its adults to be productive and contributing members of society. These situations often feel like the end of the world when someone is going through it, but it doesn’t need to be.

   

  Many of the needs mentioned above are being addressed by various institutions:

  Workforce Development/Career One-Stop Centers

  Higher Education Community

  Non-Profit Organizations / Social Service Sector

  Faith-Based Community

  Mental Health Community (self-employed or employees within the institutions mentioned above)

  Career Development Professionals (self-employed or employees within the institutions mentioned above)

   

  How many of these individuals know about these support services? Most do not. If they did, would they know where to begin when asking for help? How many of them have the emotional stability and mental energy to be able to navigate such services while in the midst of a personal crisis? How many of these people are unable or unwilling to ask for help due to ego, poor self esteem or cultural expectations of self-sufficiency.