High School English teacher 📚 Caroline found herself utterly burnt out and pushed to her physical limits in the classroom. In 2021, Caroline quit her career as a teacher. She took a leap to find more balance in life. Googling "great jobs for burnt out educators," she found grant writing. ✋ After five months in the Collective she made $35k in revenue and has won $5.6 million in funding to date! Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing Caroline paints the very picture of burn out: In November 2021, Caroline literally lost her voice. 🩺 Six weeks of trying teas and medicines, still she was sick. Finally one doctor asked about her stress levels. Teaching high school English was taking a toll on her health. Late nights. High-strung parents. Anxious students. She was overwhelmed and exhausted nearing 30 and still making $35,000 per year with a Master's Degree. For half of 2022, she soul-searched and job searched, with nothing meeting the mark. Something was missing. Finally she goggled "great jobs for burnt out teachers," and found The Collective. After joining the Collective she's on her way to owning a six-figure business in year one. She designs her schedule. She learns something new everyday. And she says that she hasn't lost her voice once. In the spotlight, 📣 Caroline likes to say she accidentally started a business. When she joined the Collective, she had her eyes on working with an organization in the bay area. She needed to level up and gain some experience. 💻 As she gained the skills to research and write grants, she pulled in some clients along the way. She quickly met her first goal of working with a local organization as a contractor. Suddenly she was building a business. Like a dream, she was winning funding for causes she cared deeply about. Caroline started as a newbie, but she's crushing grants and building teams not even half a year in. She's now part of the %5 Club 💰 with the Global Grant Writers Collective as she continues to grow her consulting business to $250+. Today, success looks like hiring a virtual assistant and breaking down some money mindset blocks to get to the next level of her business. The most challenging part of her journey has changed from the beginning until now. First, it was tackling imposter syndrome asking herself is this process and method was going to work. She was motivated to kick imposter syndrome to the curb when she knew she had very real bills to pay. She put in her full effort to get the ball rolling. Now, her challenge is turning below away. 🤩 🧁 “The Global Grant Writers Collective has helped me to really own not only who I wanna be as a professional, but also as a person. It's given me permission to seek that out!" 🧁 Advice for others on the fence of going after their dream? "It's the best professional community on the Internet, and it's not a magic pill. You'll work hard. You'll build great relationships. You'll get out what you put in. And it's worth every ounce of that effort." Check out more stories about how we help new grant writers build the life they love: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/reviews/ 🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Transition from burnt out teacher
04:00 Overcoming the fear of being without paychecks
05:52 Finding grant writing as a good fit leaving a career as an educator
08:47 Surpassing goals as a new grant writer
11:42 Winning a competitive grant
14:10 How long before you saw success as a grant writer?
16:56 What it's like to subcontract
18:02 The Global Grant Writers Collective has helped me
18:18 Rapid fire get to know you questions
21:53 How is The Collective helping you get to the next level of hiring a virtual assistant