Wings is proud to share with you the next installment in our client success story series: When she began her career at Boeing, Liz worked in her field of choice, graphic design. But once the company's art department was downsized, she was given a job in a different department. She worked at Boeing for 18 years until a layoff found her and many of her colleagues out of a job. “When I got laid off, I told myself I would go back to my original field of graphic
design,” said Liz. “But it was difficult to find work.” Not only had Liz not worked in graphic design for some time, she had little money with which to buy new professional clothes. The weight she had gained after being let go from Boeing meant that many of the clothes in her closet no longer fit. Fortunately, she came to learn of Wings for Success through an instructor who taught LinkedIn classes at the local library. Coming to Wings did a lot for Liz’s spirits. “I felt very special,” she said. “It really made me confident to know that I had the right clothes to go into a new job.” Liz’s confidence impressed interviewers and
she soon landed a job in graphic design. “Wings told me that if I got the job, I should come back for more clothes...which I did!” Liz acknowledged the stress that came from returning to her chosen field after a long time away from it. But a friend of hers offered a suggestion to help reduce the anxiety of starting her new job. She told Liz to try on all of her new Wings outfits and pair each one with shoes and jewelry. She then suggested that Liz take a selfie of each completed outfit. “By getting my outfits lined up like that, it took away the stress of getting dressed for work each morning," Liz recalls. Knowing that she had an array of professional and stylish work
outfits to choose from meant that she had "one less thing to worry about!” |
