Career fairs are not kind to job seekers. Companies sometimes visit to promote their businesses, hoping to turn attendees into customers, not employees. You’ll also find colleges and universities seeking transfer students. If you’ve been following my blog, you won’t be surprised. Short cuts almost always turn out to be costly detours. A few of […]
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Mid-Life Career Change to Entrepreneurship – Out of Necessity
Just came across an unusually good blog post about people who are juggling multiple careers. The blog owner refers to “slasher careers” – you decide for yourself! They make it clear that their paths are not easy but they are living life on their own terms. Despite at least one wish for a corporate job, […]
Guest Career Change Post: How To Overcome Career Burnout
A great article from the Career News Blog – deals with the emotional aspects of career change: By Curt Rosengren Link here to the original article. Are you feeling burned out in your job? If so, you’re not alone. Job burnout is an all-too-common phenomenon in today’s workforce. And while there’s no magic wand you […]
Career Advice: Protect Yourself In The Workplace
Just came across an interesting book: Nan DeMars: You’ve Got To Be Kidding: How To Keep Your Job Without Losing Your Integrity. Here’s what I wrote in my review: The topic isn’t glamorous, which is probably why people aren’t rushing to buy it. This book does a really good job of warning workers of their […]
Radical career change: from business executive to neurosurgeon
Exchanging a job for a passion: A neurosurgeon’s story John Seelmeyer, 9/12/2011 From Northern Nevada Business Weekly Christopher Demers sat in a hospital room in 1996, waiting while his wife, Linda, gave birth to the couple’s first son. Waiting and thinking, actually. Waiting and thinking and preparing to make a breath-taking decision, all the more […]
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 […]