Courtesy of Adam Sheinman
- When I was unemployed, I decided to visit my local casino in Colorado.
- In the casino, I was able to network with people in power and even landed a gig.
- Networking in the casino helped cut out the middleman, and it played to my strengths.
During the pandemic, I made two major life changes: I moved from New York to Denver and pivoted a career in sales to sportswriting. Although people often leave the city for the mountains, my career change was a little more unusual.
My new job involved writing and researching sports topics to be turned into YouTube documentaries. I loved my role, but after a year, the startup downsized, and I was let go. I tried being a freelance writer, but with only one year of writing on my résumé , most publications turned me down.
While rejection was a struggle, the most difficult part of my unemployment was networking. I struggled to connect with anyone who could help jump-start my career.