From Medical Rep to Cafe Owner: Shunit Dekel's Career Shift
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Shunit Dekel left her job as a medical representative after extensive reserve duty, finding the world had moved on and she was no longer recognized. She discovered an abandoned building in Moshav Sgula and opened a cafe there, stating that while her pharma work was interesting, she had exhausted it and found cafe management to be highly creative.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Shunit Dekel transitioned from a medical representative to a cafe owner after reserve duty.
- Dekel felt unrecognized in her old role due to changes during her service.
- She established her cafe in an abandoned structure in Moshav Sgula.
- Dekel cited a lack of creativity in her previous pharmaceutical career.
Shunit Dekel, formerly a medical representative, decided not to return to her previous role after serving two and a half consecutive years in reserve duty. She found this experience to be a catalyst for change, realizing that while she was away, the world had moved on, with new doctors and managers who didn't recognize her. This realization prompted her to seek a new path. Dekel discovered an abandoned structure in the moshav (agricultural community) of Sgula and transformed it into her own cafe. She described her former work in pharmaceuticals as interesting but stated she had exhausted its potential, finding that managing a cafe offers significant creativity.
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