What to do when a career opportunity you were counting on disappears

You weren't just hoping it might happen. You'd actually been working towards it, observing, positioning, getting yourself ready. And then a restructure was announced, or the budget disappeared, or a new director arrived who had no interest in anything that existed before them. The thing you were heading towards was gone. Nobody chose someone else. Nobody said you weren't ready. Which, if anything, makes it harder to know what to do with.

This episode of Career Espresso is about that specific kind of career loss, the one that doesn't fit neatly into failure or rejection, and why that makes it so much harder to process than most setbacks.

What you'll discover

Why the absence of an explanation doesn't make this easier, and what your brain tends to do to fill that gap
What the rush to have a new plan is really about, and why the first two weeks are the worst time to act on it
The part of the loss that nobody talks about, and why it deserves to be treated as the specific thing it is
Why the most common well-meaning responses miss the point entirely
What the path through this actually looks like, and when you'll know you're ready to take it

Perfect for women who've had the ground move beneath them through no fault of their own and aren't sure what to do next.

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