Grace Xu, a popular TikTok influencer, shares her experience of being laid off and her decision to pursue a career as a content creator. Despite a strong job market, many people are still facing unemployment.
With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off. She was right, she tells them in a subsequent clip. But she was planning to pursue a different career anyway: as a content creator . 'I guess the decision has been made on my behalf,' she tells viewers in the video posted earlier this year. 'The universe has spoken.
Among them are content creators, although they likely make up only a small portion. For Xu, the pandemic allowed her to rediscover her hobbies. She started making content at that time as @amazingishgrace on TikTok. Her thrift flips — all sewn by hand — went viral and steadily built up a following. Even when she left her banking job to move into the tech sector for a better work-life balance, she kept on making content.
With the job market improving, Wang said she sees the appeal of returning to a stable income. Maternity leave at a corporate job also has pull as she and her husband consider starting a family. There are limitations, though, to what she’s willing to return for, including pay, title and work she’s interested in doing. 'Going back to the office every day would be a nonstarter for me,' she said.
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