Aguilera & The Career Fumble: Who’s on Your Speed Dial?

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I played a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz when I was ten. I had one line, delivered just after the Witch of the East was flattened by Dorothy’s house, “The Witch of the East was proud of these slippers. They had a magic charm.”

When I was 14, I lost a heated game of Trivial Pursuit after proclaiming that the Witch of the West had been killed by Dorothy’s house. “How could you forget?” said my family in fits of laughter. I received a miniature ornament with red ruby slippers as a gift 12 years later. I still cringe.

Imagine you were Christina Aguilera and missed a line from the national anthem in front of 111 million people. Who would you turn to next?  Obviously you’d want to ignore the twitterati, especially the ones who proclaimed, “Her career is effectively over” or “We found Christina Aguilera’s career. It was stuck in her throat the ENTIRE time she sang.”

But who would you have on speed dial?  Entertainment Tonight or your mom, a best friend, and your mentor?

At StartWire, we get a lot of questions from users about our unique approach to networking. You can import your contacts from other major social networks, but you can’t invite them all to join your StartWire network. Why not? StartWire is different. 

By design, StartWire is a place to get help for your job search from your personal speed dial list—as well as job search experts. It’s a community designed to answer the questions about your career you can’t afford to ask in public. Your activity on StartWire isn’t meant for public consumption and won’t show up in Google search results.

Most of us will have careers spanning 40+ years.  Along the way, we can all expect to flub some lines, make a move that doesn’t work out, or drop the ball once or twice. It is an inevitable part of the process; what matters is how you recover and move forward. StartWire can help you do this.

How can we help you score a career touchdown?

Chandlee