Game Plan

Monday, October 23, 2023

Yesterday, I wrote about giving notice at my steady part-time job and planning to start working at Macy’s. Thanks to readers who wrote and, while cautionary and encouraging, offered good advice. Most of us know how challenging it is to leave a safe working environment and enter the relatively unknown. Especially if one’s not young and in today’s mega-confusing economy.

The Macy’s gig would be a short commitment lasting through the upcoming holiday season. There, selling clothing and related items will add sales-specifics to my working experience. Clothing experience would enhance my resume and heighten my candidate appeal in job searches.

Moving forward will, in early January, have me again job hunting. This community’s retail environment has seasonal shifts that affect the availability of jobs. I wonder about opportunities for clothing and hardware salespersons after the holidays. If such isn’t available, my fallback could be cashiering, a skill on my resume and usually needing applicants.

My game plan for seeking more interesting work in 2024 seems reasonable. Widening my variety of hands-on working experience would increase my resume’s appeal to most local businesses, which are retail establishments.

Regardless of reasonableness, saying goodbye to my current and nice employer is a tough call.

Dear Friends: We face challenge after challenge, and none a drop easier. Diana