Who am I without a job?

“I’ve never been laid off before. So, I had no idea what an outplacement program would look like. I felt resistance, thinking: ‘I don’t want to be counted among the unemployed.’ But I also wondered, why shouldn’t I make use of it? So there I was, in a group with my former teammates. All with the same goal, but also the same sadness. What I struggled with most was who I am without a job. The question that kept coming back: ‘What am I actually good at?’ My career advisor has helped me tremendously with this.”