Midlife Career Change is everywhere

December 26, 2011

Yesterday’s New York Times included an article on midlife career change. The guest author is an attorney who “switched” from being a prosecutor, working for the state, to being a defense lawyer in a private law firm. He is quite candid about his reasons: he wanted more money and a better work-life balance. This type [...]

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Christmas Relocation Humor: Just moved in and you get a visit from … oh no!

December 23, 2011

I wrote this “poem” in 1998 after I’d just bought a house in Florida. I moved in right before Christmas. And just this year I bought a condo in Philadelphia and moved in right before Christmas. Some things just don’t change … Santa Visits a “Just-Moved” Newcomer in South Florida Twas the night before Christmas [...]

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Career Planning: Coworking spaces in the architecture

December 23, 2011

This article describes an office system that Plantronics uses to motivate employees to work from home. Read the full story here. What caught my eye was the way Plantronics adds coworking space as an option. Employees can work from home, work in coffee shops or join a nearby coworking space. A coworking space is just [...]

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Review of Marc Freedman’s book, The Big Shift

December 21, 2011

Freedman’s latest book purports to be about midlife transitions and challenges. Ultimately, it boils down to a lesson: Midlife is just another life transition. We can learn from other people’s stories, but only up to a point, because each of us has a unique story to live. There’s no clear pathway and we’re still looking [...]

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Mid-life Career Planning Tip: Dealing With A Bad Boss

December 19, 2011

Your mid-life career takes a detour when you deal with a bad boss. Fast Company Expert Kevin Kruse wrote a gem of an article: When You Work For A Jerk: A 6-Point Plan For Dealing With A Bad Boss. Read it here. Kruse presents 6 career planning steps to take, which I will summarize in [...]

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Career Planning: When You Fall Out Of Love With Your Work (Guest Post)

December 7, 2011

We tend to think of “Career Planning” as moving to a better job in the future. But sometimes instead you need a career divorce. That’s today’s topic – and a good one from author and “dreamer in residence” Valerie Young. You started out loving your chosen career — at least in the beginning. But over [...]

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Guest Post: Who Me? Take a Sabbatical?

December 1, 2011

Today’s Guest Post comes from best-selling author Barbara Winter. When funnyman Steve Martin’s book Pure Drivel came out it enjoyed critical raves and enthusiastic sales. Although the author has long been recognized for his fertile comic mind, he told the Today Show’s Matt Lauer that the book would not have happened if he hadn’t taken [...]

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Do Two Careers Equal Half The Career Stress?

December 1, 2011

An article by Michael Bogdanow says the answer is “Yes.” In a blog post, “One Person/Two Careers: Does It Reduce Professional Stress” (posted Nov 30 2011), he points out that career “slashers” (Marci Alboher’s term) are not new. The artist Kandinsky had graduated from a Moscow law school. Bogdanow suggests several reasons why multiple careers [...]

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Career Change Mistakes – continued

November 30, 2011

In the last post we looked at 5 mistakes from an article in Monster.com. Read the original article here. Tip #6 was,”Don’t Keep Your Dissatisfaction to Yourself or Try to Make the Switch Alone.” This tip is on the right track. They make a good point: don’t talk to your boss “just yet.” I’d say, [...]

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Retirement at 65? 70? Maybe 90…

November 30, 2011

Here’s an excellent article about the need to postpone retirement in today’s economic and social climate. Many 60+ workers are finding their savings have shrunk along with their property values. The goal of “sell this house, buy a small apartment and enjoy the difference” has morphed to, “Hope we can sell this house someday.” Frankly, [...]

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