https://natashakatson.com/tags/job-search/ Recent content in job search on Natasha's Journey Hugo -- gohugo.io Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:13 -0400 https://natashakatson.com/posts/the-job-search-in-2026/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:00:13 -0400 https://natashakatson.com/posts/the-job-search-in-2026/ Hi everyone! I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, but kept thinking “I’ll publish it once I have good news to share.” Well, that’s clearly not a strategy that’s working, so here we are. I’m still job searching, and it’s been a while! Beginning of the search When I first started looking last April, my mom was here visiting, which meant I actually had someone to watch my toddler (1. https://natashakatson.com/posts/mat-leave/ Tue, 06 May 2025 19:22:13 -0400 https://natashakatson.com/posts/mat-leave/ Hi everyone! I recently started looking for a job after being off the market for two years. I was very scared to even start looking. I thought that in those two years, so many things happened that I missed! While I tried to keep up with the industry by checking LinkedIn even during my leave, I still felt quite bad about the whole thing and, honestly, about myself. Then I thought, “I gave birth to a human being and survived the first few months; I don’t think anything can be more challenging than this,” and opened Notion to shape up a plan for my new project: “preparing for getting a job.