Often the biggest career change happens when you are not focusing on your career: you pay attention to the rest of your life. So with a career in the doldrums, here are some things you can do to explode yourself into a new life. I’ll blog more about each of these in the days and […]
Career Change
Mid-life Career Change to College Teaching
Q: I would like to get into college teaching, after several year in corporate life. I have no teaching experience but have made lots of presentation. A. I’ve taught college level courses as full-time, tenured and adjunct faculty. I’ve taught online and offline, in classrooms and conference rooms. So I love this question. (1) You […]
What do readers want…
I asked my ezine readers this morning. Since my featured article was about blogging for careers, I thought I’d encourage everyone to come visit my blog. If you’re an ezine subscriber, or you’ve got a question I can answer via blog, just post a comment. You can comment on this post of any other post. […]
From ad exec to Starbucks barista with lessons learned
I finally got around to reading How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill. You can read my review on amazon if you click here. Mostly I felt this book could inspire a lot of discussion. Was Gill’s experience typical? Are most Starbucks managers as charismatic and competent as Crystal, the manager who hired […]
One Small Change in Conversation, One Giant Change In Your Game Plan
Mark Twain supposedly said, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.” But we can do a lot about time – in fact, we can change our time management just by the way we talk about it. In my experience, there’s one way you can tell when people are seriously ready to […]
Relocation to a small town for career change: Talking Back to the WSJ
On Tuesday, July 31st, the Wall Street Journal ran an article: Advice on Landing a Job After Moving to a New Area (p. B6): The Question: “John” (or “Jane”) recently moved from a high-cost to a low-cost area. He (or she) gets interviews but no offers. Interviewers say the newcomer lacks confidence and probably wouldn’t […]