Jeanette Smith - I Never Had a Job I Knew How to Do

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One of the reasons I believe Jeanette is able to make such seamless transitions is that she knows herself so well. I asked her if she ever met someone who said they didn’t think she could do a job and how she looks at that now.

“I certainly have interviewed for jobs that I didn’t get, but I think in hindsight what I realize is I probably didn’t want them that badly. I did interview for a couple of real hot magazines in New York like Cosmopolitan, but that’s not really me. I mean it wasn’t important to me to dress to the nine’s everyday and go to lunch at these chic places. I liked a bit of that but that’s really all they do and I would have outgrown the job very quickly so there wasn’t a right match. So I think that’s the point. The right match for me seems to be something that’s in its embryonic stage and needs growth. So again not only am I selling myself into something I haven’t done before, they need something they can’t define and I think I’m very good at that. I have my own company now but all of these jobs were starting with large companies a new division and that’s something that I see happen again and again. Not only was I there about five years, each time I started in a new division and then I grew it to a new level and then I was interested in moving on and doing the same thing elsewhere and until I had done it a few times I hadn’t really recognized that.”

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