When I work with clients or create ebooks, I typically advise, “When an interview is over, it’s done.” I do recommend a certain amount of follow-up. Perhaps you could write a note or call to say something, “I just wanted to know where you are in your process.” These days, when so much business is […]
Career Change
Relocation for Mid-Life Career Change? Don’t call the moving van yet!
Mid-life career changers frequently consider relocation as part of their career planning. Sometimes they want to move to be closer to family and they wonder if they can find jobs in a new location. Or they’re experiencing layoffs, industry changes or just general boredom and they want to move to a new place. Moving can […]
Career Change in a Pay-Per-Click Environment
Today’s Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2009, page B4: Recruiters Use Search Engines to Lure Job Hunters” by Sarah Needleman) reports that recruiters increasingly turn to Google adwords and other forms of pay per click advertising (ppc). That is, they buy ads that you see next to your search results. Developing and writing these ads […]
Can you find a new job by beating the system?
Penelope Trunk, The Brazen Careerist, says yes. Here’s a list of tips she just published in her own blog. They’re pretty good tips, but I’d be cautious about working for free. Writing a free column is a good move because she’d win whether or not she got invited to become a paid columnist. Getting the […]
Career Change: From Detour to Express Road
Career counselors, career coaches and career guidebooks often give the impression that career change happens in a straight line. But in fact career change typically happens in a zig zag: you move in one direction and then another and eventually realize you’ve landed in the right place. Career change can also take a lesson from […]
When Career Change Seems Hopeless
Recently I came across this question in my e-mail: How do I change my perception of my ability to make a positive career change in the face of continued disappointments? Here are a few questions to create a context for exploration. (1) What are some common elements among all your diverse jobs and careers? If […]