"this is really good."

It fit everything.

Like this would be an awesome place to work.

- [Interviewer] So what happened?

- They filled it.

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- Not only has he long ago paid his debt to society

but he continues to work on himself.

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- I want to be proud of myself.

I'm Roel Villamayor, unemployed but not unemployable.

- It's a simple profound truth,

you can't achieve your goals

if you don't know what they are.

The starting point for any discussion about goal setting

is understanding what's most important to you.

- Me becoming a drug and alcohol counselor

was something that happened

after being a part of different self-help groups in prison.

If I'm making a better world in here then

I'm doing something.

That's what I want to do when I go home,

why not do it here?

When I first came home, I didn't know how to order food,

didn't know how to cross the street,

didn't know what I had permission to do

and these guys had to keep telling me like,

"you're not in prison."

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- I think one thing that Roel really wanted to do

is really find his purpose.

You know, coming from a formerly incarcerated background

you leave not knowing what to do,

not knowing where you fit now in this new world.

And oftentimes understanding your purpose

and understanding where you go

and where you're going to be successful is hard for folks.

- It's not if I feel that LinkedIn Learning

will be used and if I find a benefit,

I already find a benefit in it.

I use LinkedIn Learning because it's like,

okay, where am I going to find professional information

to help me deal with my professional growth?

Where I'm at right now with my job search

is accepting the jobs that are coming across my table

and that goes against what I'm trying to achieve here.

- Getting clear on what matters to you

and understanding where you need to spend your time

in order to operationalize those values

is the first step in setting and achieving effective goals.

- I need to define my professional goals

instead of just being there

just kind of like having a lackadaisical approach.

I need to know whether or not

I'm still bringing some of my old prison ways into it.

When Dorie talks, it's easy to listen to.

Her course has helped me figure out my next move.

I want a career where I can use my favorite experiences

from previous jobs.

I think that becoming a drug and alcohol counselor

in prison was the right thing.

It ended up being one of the most positive experiences

I've ever been part of, it was life changing.

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So I applied for another job.

I can get excited about a job, you know,

and this one I'm really excited about.

It's the program that taught me

to become a drug and alcohol counselor

and I would actually be supporting

the expansion of that program.

Feels like it hits all the points and it gets to touch home.

I really hope to get an interview for this job.

It sounds exactly like what I've been looking for.

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