Who’s in Your Corner? Support for Entrepreneurs in Career Transition

📅 August 19, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM

📍Offbeat Coffee, Salem, OR

Somewhere between pausing or closing the doors on your business and refreshing job listings for the tenth time today, it hits you. The job hunt is harder than you thought.

Not just the applications.

Not just the interviews.

But the quiet in-between.

The days when you’re not sure what to say in a cover letter.

The moments when you question whether your experience still counts.

The silence of another rejection email.

The weight of trying to stay optimistic when you’re not sure where you belong.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

And more importantly, you don’t have to go through this alone.

It’s about support.

Not the kind that tells you to “just keep pushing,” but the kind that listens.

The kind that sees the grief and the grit.

The kind that helps you believe in your future, even when you’re questioning it yourself.

In this session, titled “Finding Support as an Entrepreneur Transitioning to Employment,” we’ll talk about:

✅ How to find and build a support circle that truly gets the emotional and professional challenges of shifting from entrepreneur to employee.

✅ Why going it alone can slow you down, and what happens when you stop trying to tough it out.

✅ Where to look for real community: mentors, peer groups, coaches, and friends who won’t let you shrink or second-guess yourself.

✅ What to say when asking for help so it doesn’t feel like failure but like forward motion.

You’ve navigated hard things before. You know how to build, pivot, and grow.

Now it’s time to let others walk beside you as you do it again, though this time in a new way.

Because this job hunt isn’t just a search. It’s a transformation.

And you were never meant to do it in isolation.

Join us for a warm, real, and validating conversation about what it means to be held through a season of change.

Your next opportunity might start with the people who remind you of what you’re capable of.

RSVP now. Your space is waiting.

Conrad Rohleder is a business strategist and entrepreneur who builds resilient, people-first systems across industries, from tech to nonprofit leadership to local communities. He’s navigated multiple career transitions himself and knows how to help others find work that fits lives, not just their résumés. With deep experience in systems thinking, AI, and organizational change, Conrad brings clarity, empathy, and real-world insight to moments of professional growth.

Malee Ojua is a creative strategist, brand builder, and digital marketing company owner who helps small businesses tell powerful, human-centered stories. She’s deeply invested in creating inclusive spaces where people can show up fully, whether as entrepreneurs, job seekers, or something in between. Malee understands the unique emotional journey of career pivots and brings both practical guidance and heart to the process.

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