If you are thinking of changing careers, you’ll probably get advice along these lines. 1 – Review your history. What have you done well? What do you get praised for doing? 2 – What are you passionate about? 3 – What would you do if you won the lottery? and (my favorite): What do you […]
Career Change
Should you retire at 65 (or ever)?
Today’s New York Times includes an article on career change to retirement. You can read the full article here. Here are the article’s suggestions (with my comments): (1) Talk to a financial planner and see if you can afford to retire. Frankly, I don’t think it’s easy to plan. Your planner can make projections but […]
Changing careers for a lesser job
Psychologist Jonathan Alpert answers a question about career change. Read the full article here. A 30-something man writes that he’s working long hours in a job he doesn’t like. However, he makes really good money so he’s reluctant to quit. He wants to be in a job where he can make a difference. He’s considering […]
Bad career advice is everywhere
Here’s one on career change, from a top-rated website: Hiring managers will see your passion and how it relates to their business, and they want to hire that,” Newall says. The key is “and how it relates to their business.” Passion is nice but what they want to know is, “How soon can you make […]
Mid-Life Career Change: Starting Over In A New Profession
Let’s say you’re 30, 40, 50 or even 60. You want to start a whole new career. Maybe you’ve been a massage therapist and now you want to work on a help desk for an IT department. Or you’ve been a psychotherapist and now you want to work in the marketing department of a large […]
How to Choose and Use Career Assessments For Your Career Change
Many mid-life professionals who seek a career change begin with assessments. I believe our culture encourages testing. We like to look at numbers; after all, we measure cholesterol and lung capacity so why not measure career aptitude? The truth is … Experienced scientists and statisticians will be skeptical of any tests because: (1) Some qualities […]