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RE: Global Eyes

in Reflections2 months ago (edited)

Flowers might be a good start :-) I remember when @socraticmthd wrote up my resume. He does it for a profession, usually tech resumes, but did mine as a favor. A huge favor, I must say. I was tired of the bakery and all that came with it, and wanted to see if I was able to get something at one of the many NGOs here, from Germany, in order to get paid in Germany. The thing was - I hadn't really done anything. Besides creating and running the bakery, and buying and upgrading a restaurant. And quite a lot of social work.

He made me realize just how much that all was. Just putting it into the right words. "Just running a bakery" is correctly: Product creation, supply chain management, quality control, scheduling, ordering, production, developing and implementing social media strategies, creating B2B partnerships, team-building and leading, budgeting, acquisitions, direct client service, feedback loops,... and probably more.

I did not get the job I thought I wanted. But I did get a ton of self-esteem, of knowing how much I was worth. One of the many kind acts I won't forget.

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Thank you so much! You certainly had - and have - done a great deal; significantly more than when I wrote that resume these days. It can be difficult to recognize how much we've accomplished; as you know, while I'm fairly skilled in showing what my clients have accomplished, I'm perhaps less clear in what I've done myself. It's could to an second set of eyes, as they say.

I'm fairly skilled in showing what my clients have accomplished, I'm perhaps less clear in what I've done myself.

I'd say "fairly skilled" is an understatement, proving your second point 😅