A Book Review: Next Stop, Reloville: Life Inside America’s New Rootless Professional Class by Peter T. Kilborn Relocation always brings challenges and Peter Kilborn writes a journalistic account of a special segment of people who move: families who are required to relocate repeatedly in order to keep their jobs or maintain career growth. They earn […]
Career Advice and Opinions
7 Steps To Your Mid-Life Career Job Search
With the dicey economic climate these days, some of you are asking, “How do I get ready for a job search?” Maybe you’ve been thinking about a move. Or maybe you want to get ready in case you need to work your Plan B. Here are 7 steps and 3 resources, from my job search […]
Mid-Life Career Strategy: How to Survive A “Bully Boss”
Career strategy requires planning for difficult situations that tax your physical and mental health. One of the toughest challenges that people bring to career coaches is, “My boss is a bully.” A workplace bully can be a major source of career stress. It is important to handle the bully boss carefully without doing serious harm […]
Career Strategy: Invest in Career Insurance To Minimize Impact of Job Loss
Here’s an article with the title of Five Rules for Job Security from the CBS Moneywatch site. But in fact they are not about giving you job security. Nobody can do that. Instead, they are about mitigating the effects of job loss and protecting your financial security in the event of job loss. The distinction […]
Learning from the Amanda Knox case: thoughts on career image
Living in Seattle, I have met people who knew Amanda Knox and even more people who knew people who knew the young woman now convicted of murder in Italy. I’ll forego comments on whether she might be guilty or innocent. But I want to point out what many in the media noticed: the impression Amanda […]
Continuing the Career Case Study
This post continues the discussion from November 24. I’m grateful for Diana Schneideman’s comment, which provoked this follow-up. I suggest reading that post first and then returning to this one. First: The situation is disguised. I can’t say if Frank and Norma are both females, both males or gender reversed. But typically I find men […]