You may notice that the profile photo has changed. There's a reason for that.
I had my first meeting with the outplacement agency this morning. It was mostly a get acquainted type of deal, showing us around the website, explaining the webinars, discussing our options. There were two other guys on the call with me and the counselor. one guy a VP from Merrill Lynch and the other guy from the mining industry in Arizona.
I've been reading the materials that they sent to me via UPS and one of the things was to upload my own website. I figure that LinkedIn is as good a forum as any, and if I Google myself it's the first thing that you see. The pic there was taken by my buddy Summer in her mom's front yard. It was okay, but not really the kind of thing you want to use to make a good first impression on a prospective employer.
About once a decade I get a professional photo taken of myself. In the 80's, I did Optifast and worked out and lost a lot of weight so I had pro photos taken. In the 90's we needed a picture for our business cards so I went to Glamour Shots. Hilarious! So now I went to a place at the mall called Headshots. Guy was nice enough and the benefit was that he could retouch it right there and then. We diddled around on PhotoShop and I have to say that I'm pretty happy with the results.
I'm not happy about how little my head looks on my body, but there's no one to blame but myself there.
So I think that the new photo looks more professional and flattering. If somehow someone stumbles across the site, they can see how I would look sitting in the office, instead of in a sundress on a lawn.
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