Career development advice for mid-life mid-career executives and managers: Job search following a layoff. This is one of my older videos – for a more recent one, click here.
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Moving Tips When Relocation Feels Like You’ve Made A Mistake
When you read about relocation, your find that moving tips tend to focus on the departure area. What should you pack? How do you start planning in advance – 6 months, 3 months, 6 weeks, 1 week … on to M-Day. The truth is, relocation stress often starts after you’ve arrived. You just moved to […]
Moving Tips Video: 3 Relocation Myths That Will Cost You Money, TIme and Freedom
Relocation stress is extremely common. Moving is a challenging life transition and is one of the top stressors. Yet often it’s hard to find resources to deal with the transition, in direct contrast to other experiences like divorce or bereavement. Scroll down to watch a video summarizing the 3 myths that make the situation even […]
Relocation Tips: The 2 Year Window for Your Identity Shift
Today’s Wall Street Journal included an article about identity shift. The author’s main point is that you need at least two years to make a successful transition. The article talked about stress associated with divorce and job loss, but relocation can be even more stressful. One difference is that you can’t say, “Let’s do nothing […]
Midlife Career Strategy: Boss asks you to do something despicable
Sunday’s NY Times Workologist addressed this question: My supervisor recently informed me that his request to buy some equipment through the company for his personal use had been denied because it was for nonstandard items — so he had placed the order in my name instead. He asked me to deliver it to him […]
Mid-life Career Decisions: Should you quit your job on the spot?
In today’s WSJ, Sue Shellenbarger addresses this question: Is it ever okay to quit on the spot? Her article can be found via this link. For this article, Shellenbarger interviews a handful of HR managers, a few people who walked out and some people who coach millennials and entry level workers. The HR managers naturally […]