Success story Ruben (28): incapacitated for own work, then what?
Unable to do one's job. That applied to Ruben, a young man with passion for his work, but who could no longer perform his job properly due to circumstances. A difficult situation for Ruben, who was still at the beginning of his career. What then?
Still promising
With this question as a central starting point, we, Ruben and the consultant from OxHill7, entered into conversation. Because of his age, but certainly also because of good education and additional studies, Ruben could be labeled as having a good chance on the labor market. He was then incapacitated for his own work, for much "other" work there was actually no longer any incapacity.
But what was Ruben going for? There was plenty of supply; the vacancies were there for the taking. But how did Ruben end up with the right vacancy? One possible route was the unregulated approach, say "shooting with hail. But that didn't seem like a good plan to Ruben. By first focusing on what 'the job' should meet, a clear picture emerged. Ruben sharply formulated what he was looking for, made a long list of potential companies and started a targeted search. Because he knew what he was looking for, he was able to quickly scrape vacancies. Soon the first option came along. On first interview, on second interview... unfortunately there was a counter candidate with more experience.... But the second option quickly followed. Again a first interview, again plenty of enthusiasm and yes, again a second interview and... A final interview about the terms of employment... Because that opportunity came right away.
Good luck
Ruben was eager to prepare that terms interview with OxHill7's consultant, because he had a lot of experience with this. But he asked Ruben one question: what should happen that you don't take this opportunity? That wasn't much. So it became the new job. Ruben described his new position in the final interview as follows: "I found my new dream job and that's nice. That en passant a new home became available for him and his wife was the icing on the cake. Truly a great success for Ruben.
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