Every so often someone posts a note to a forum: “I just quit my job today! I am confident I can replace my income quickly.” Inevitably, coaches and business owners jump in and cheer. Often these new business owners find they do really well. They quickly find a market and make money. But at other […]
Career Change
Best jobs for career changes? No … worst advice.
Recently I came across an article on a site that looked extremely reputable. The site promised to include tips for midlife career change, but in fact the article is misleading and even dangerous. First, I don’t recommend following any guidance for “best job” or “hot jobs.” By the time you read about them, they won’t […]
Career Change: The Wrong Kind of Waiting
Clockwatchers is about living your life on someone else’s time. Four temporary office workers meet in a featureless building. We meet the heroine, Iris, as she spends much of her first day sitting in a chair where she was told to “wait till someone comes for you.” The building, with its square corners and cubicles, […]
Midlife Career Change is everywhere
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 […]
Career Change Mistakes – continued
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, […]
Biggest career change mistakes… but are they?
One of the monster.com sites came up with these tips – 5 worst career change mistakes. Read the article here. Here’s my take on these mistakes (which are actually written up as tips and warnings, but that’s another story): They advise, “Don’t Look for a Job in Another Field Without Some Intense Introspection.” Well, I […]