Oct 2 / Richa Bansal

How to Rebuild Your Career and Confidence After Leaving a Toxic Job

The toll a toxic manager takes on our lives is devastating.

Not only do they completely halt our career growth, they chip away at our confidence and our self-esteem… ONE DAY AT A TIME.

The irony is the longer we stay put, the more we give into the illusion that things will change soon…

But they never do… until it’s too late.

When G started working with me, she was stuck in such a deep, dark place.

She had just quit her toxic job of 5 years, where she was undermined and overworked every day.

Despite being a solid Technical Program Manager with 10+ years of work experience to boast, she was buried deep in self-doubt.

Though she got interviews after interviews, she couldn’t convert even one into a job offer, further shattering her confidence.

Her friends told her she needed additional Technical certificates, but deep down, she knew she needed to start believing in herself again.

As soon as she joined the program, we got to work.

She did the mindset work to understand that the situation with her job was not her fault.

She created an inventory of her accomplishments to rebuild her confidence in her existing skillset, without the need for additional certificates.

She retooled her LinkedIn to start attracting weekly recruiter calls to her inbox.

She showed up for weekly mock interview practice despite feeling extremely uncomfortable.

She became obsessed with finally turning her life around.

From where she started to where we said goodbye, she is a completely changed person.

She has found herself again and believes that she can do anything she damn wants in her life.. just like she believed 5 years ago.

My work here is done!

Cherry on the top.. she has 3 interviews lined up.. one with her dream company Amazon.

It takes courage to finally say enough is enough.

Trust you can take your power back.

Trust you can change your life.

Trust you have agency.

And if you need help, I am here for you.
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