The Best Is Yet To Come" For Empowered Refugees!
This portal was founded and is maintained by business development professionals to share their knowledge and experience with individuals who are interested in job search guidance and self-employment awareness. We know what it is to be on your own – looking for timely resources that are geared in both language and scope to the needs of individuals with lots of questions and oftentimes limited budgets.
Do you see yourself as a "Corporate Refugee"?
There is no reason to feel lost or intimidated in being a corporate refugee! There are many oppportunities open to you – including the start of your own company. It can be a full-time endeavor, or a part-time source of additional income. Or it could work for you on a temporary basis while you're job hunting. Regardless, the Corporate Refugees Org team has "been there & back again"…and knows how to help you focus on what works for you!
Help is available NOW for members of the Corporate Refugees "INNER CIRCLE". You will learn non-traditional job search techniques that work! And a whole lot more!
We sincerely hope you check out our resource sites – learning programs – and self-employment ideas. The various website tabs will show you both free and inexpensive ways to plug into a Community committed to providing you with vital learning & support.
Please let us know if there's any additional area pertinent to Dislocated Individuals and Emerging Businesses & Professional Consultants that you think the portal should be covering.
Our Story
§ The organizers of this organization have each been Corporate Refugees – and what we really enjoy is working with, and helping, other Corporate Refugees on their journeys.
§ We are a self-selected “tribe”
§ Founded by people just like yourself – with stories just like yours
§ Began in Minneapolis, MN and Milwaukee, WI in November 2008 – as a Meetup Group called “Career Rediscovery”. That name was chosen because “we are not our last jobs – which are simply steps in our overall careers”.
Survival Skills – “Committed to the Best is Yet to Come”
What we should each understand
§ We are all self-employed – so we each need to take charge of our economic futures now
§ We must have a candid discussion about job search – and what you’re local WorkForce Center won’t tell us
§ Forget “social media” – it’s really about intentional social networking
§ Yes, it’s really possible to “Power Network to Your Dream Job”
§ People who rely solely on the "traditional approach" – are likely to be road-kill.
Be A Consultant
§ Today’s economy can present a “consulting bonanza”
§ It’s a great time to Maximize Your Return On Knowledge. Start getting paid for what you know – rather than your hours worked.
Celebrity Corporate Refugees
There are literally an endless number of successful Corporate Refugee alumni, both in the US and internationally. This would include people such as Albert Einstein who started his own business empire – and Lee Iacocca, who funneled his humiliating firing from Ford Motors into legendary success at Chrysler.
In the coming weeks the CRO team will be expanding this entertaining and illuminating web page. If you have an individual you'd like to have considered, please eMail your suggestion to Rich Muller.
Questionnaire
Please review which of the following apply to you:
– your job has been eliminated – just gone
- you’ve been let go from your job
- you can’t find another job like the one you lost
- you can’t find a job at anywhere near the compensation you’re used to
- you’re definitely afraid of losing your current job
- you’re spouse has lost his/her job
- your savings account(s) have been decimated by stock set-backs
- your credit card balance(s) and home equity loan(s) are at a level that truly frighten you
- you’ve talked to your friends and co-workers…and they have no answers or insights
- you find yourself disappointed and disheartened by the actions of your elected officials
- your family and friends ask what you’re going to do next – and you don’t know what to say
- you’re frustrated because there seems to be so little you can do to change things
- you don’t want to live in “victim hood”…you’re looking to take responsibility for your life!
The good news? You've come to a great place to get help
