Advertising executive Prioleau Alexander was fed up. His job was all about office politics and ungrateful clients. So he embarked on a series of minimum wage jobs: fast food cashier, pizza delivery driver, medical tech, and more. And he wrote a book: You Want Fries With That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage. […]
mid-life career change
Why Career Decisions Are Different From Accounting Decisions
Changing careers? Talk to strangers.
Mid-Life Career Makeover Starts Here
The WSJ periodically reports a case study of a career makeover. Today’s study featured a mid-40s manager, a mid-life career executive named Thomas Lynch. Lynch had helped bring in millions of revenue dollars in his sales support role, yet he was held back from promotions. He had a sense that he needed to be more […]
Mid-Life Career Change Obstacle #3: Hitting A Wall
Mid-life career change can be stalled when you feel like you’re up against a brick wall – something so solid and big you can’t imagine going over, under, around or through it. It’s blocking you from your next career change or job search. Signs of a career change wall include feeling trapped and feeling you’ve […]
Five ideas for your own micro-business
So you want to start a business … nothing big, no major investment, lots of flexibility? Here are five ideas: (1) Virtual assistant publicity When I published my book, Making the Big Move, I needed to spread the word. But the logistics were daunting. For example, I wanted […]