Here’s the text to the e-mail I sent to about 800 of my closest friends, acquaintences, colleagues, former co-workers, vendors I met in meetings, people from the internet, and people I met in bars (social, not penal).

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Hi There and Happy Holidays,
Well it happened. I’ve joined the ‘Career Transitioning’ crowd.

The reasons, while interesting over drinks, are not particularly new or provocative. Please just know that I’m moving on, I’m happy, and I’m looking forward to the next challenge.

You may be asking yourself, ‘Gee, how can I help you, Carey?’

You are so smart. How did you know I was going to ask? Actually, it’s really simple, and you can absolutely feel good about being able to help.

Here’s how it works. I’m going to tell you what I want to do for a living (some of you have wondered about this for years), and I’ll give you some examples of companies that do this type of work.

All you have to do is tell me if you know of anyone who works at any of these companies or similar companies. Or, maybe you know someone who does similar work and can give me some tips.

It’s OK if you can’t think of anyone because here’s the best part – you can give me advice. I love to give people advice (solicited or otherwise), and I’d love to hear what you think I should be doing better. I’ll keep a record of all of the comments and report back later on how I used them.

So, here’s my plan. I want to continue to help companies identify and develop cool ideas to grow their businesses. My qualifications are in the attached resume, but I’m a QFD Black Belt, and I have deep knowledge of both health care and financial services.

This role can be a ‘real job’ inside a company, or it can be done as a consultant. Both are good.
There are lots of companies that are looking for new ideas and for people to develop them. I’ve done this type of work at AT&T, Citibank and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, but lots of smaller companies are looking for new ways to grow their businesses as well. In Jacksonville, these companies may be:
- Healthcare firms like PSS World Medical and Availity
- Financial Services like Fidelity, Bank of America, etc.
- Any of the logistics businesses like Landstar, Ceva, etc.
- Any of the new technology companies

Do you know anyone at any of these companies?

Do you know anyone at another company that’s interested in growing?

Do you know anyone that does a similar type of job?

Do you have any advice for me?

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

p.s. The idea for this e-mail came from a different e-mail campaign I used to raise $1,500 for charity. Read about it at my blog, Bold City Innovation, and please feel free to use any of the tips I provided.

p.p.s. I want to stay in Jacksonville for the next few years, but I’m happy to travel.

p.p.p.s. Click here if you’d like to be RickRoll’D.

All the best,
Carey W Hepler
904 707-2326

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