We Are Your Career Pivot
We are a community of action for managing the pain of you and your peers losing your jobs suddenly, navigating career transitions during this mass trauma event, and demystifying the process of building the next phase in your profession.
Federal service is under attack
This Administration dismantled USAID as a practice round. Administration leaders are not stopping there. They aim to shrink the Executive branch by inducing trauma across the Federal workforce, its implementing partners, contractors, and consultants.
USAID was first. Now it's CFPB, NIH, FEMA, EPA, DoEdu, CIA, FBI... The list goes on. Each acronym represents thousands of people now (or soon to be) unemployed. People working at those agencies directly and in the ecosystems that support them. Jobs will be ending. Families will be disrupted. Communities will be in crisis.
Career Pivot is here to help you and us.
I am Wayan Vota. I created the Career Pivot to help us all. It is now a global movement.
We are a community that understands your experience. We were working for and with Federal agencies. We are now (or soon to be) unemployed - just like you. We know firsthand the trauma of losing a job and a self-identity. Of facing our families with empty pockets and flowing tears - on a work day.
The Career Pivot is your community of action. We are your people. We know the calling that is Federal service. The joys of working at contractors and as consultants that support Federal objectives. We want to help make the world a better place. We are scared of losing our humanitarian ethos in a new job.
Join us now
We are here to help you commiserate… and then celebrate a new beginning.
We are a community that cares. We are here to help you build the mindset and tools you need to accept this experience and move forward with your life. Our life. We are co-creating solutions with you like:
Finding your candidate-market fit in the new normal (and learning terms like market fit in the process!)
Honest feedback on how recruiters see your LinkedIn profile and resume
Sector-focused discussions to move from public service to the private sector
Community calls to learn about job search tools and tricks, like GenAI for your resume
Intimate discussions on topics that matter to you, like how 'older' workers can find new jobs
Self-help teams to provide inspiration and accountability in your job search
Mental health resources for the moments when it will be really hard
Financial guidance that demystifies confusing and complicated aspects of job loss and career transition
And more! We are demand-driven. We are laser-focused on creating new experiences to help you every week. We have to be—we are unemployed, too.
More ways to help
If you have the means, please consider sponsoring your peers who are in pain.
If you are a recruiter, headhunter, or career coach, I have a 5,000+ community of action that would love your help. Email me now to explore how we can meet the need while protecting your time.
If you are a human resources professional, senior executive, or labor union official facing layoffs in your organization, we offer a soft place to land to help with your employees’ work transition.
What else do you need?
We don’t have all the answers. We don’t know all your needs. We are willing to pivot this service - as we all must pivot - to better help you overcome your challenges and find a new job.
Please let me know how the Career Pivot can be better.
Thank you for your trust,
