Reflecting on my last post, I realized that when I moved to Seattle, everything fell into place quickly. I sold my house in New Mexico. (That really was effortless! Someone heard I was moving and said, “Name your price.”) My friends helped me find a terrific apartment; actually, I went online and asked them to […]
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Career Advice vs Career Information
Remember the first Career Change book: What color is your parachute? Th ey advised everyone to call around and set up “interviews for information.” The idea was, “People don’t feel threatened. You’re not putting them on the spot. They want to talk to you.” Alas, today’s executives are too busy. But if you’re going to […]
Considering an internet marketing career transition?
Internet marketing is, in my opinion, the best response to age discrimination. When enough over-forty folks can tell their employers, “Take this job and…” you’ll see a whole new respect emerging from employers. But you can’t just head for the Internet unprepared. Thousands (maybe millions) of people hear stories of Internet millionaires (or at least […]
Job Search: “Getting rejection letters for six months…”
Job search involves rejection – but how much is too much? Every so often I get emails from mid-life executives who say, “I was laid off six months ago. I’ve got a big stack of rejHavction letters. Must be age discrimination.” You are right. Age discrimination is alive and well in the US and probably […]
Are you sucked into cubicle-think?
Some time ago I decided to teach some onlne classes. It was lucrative and fun; after all, I still miss teaching from time to time. And at frst that’s what it was: a fun gig. But after awhile, I found myself getting sucked into thinking like I was an employee again. I call this cubicle-think, […]
Facing age discrimination? Get thee to the Internet…
Age discrimination is real. I would never encourage anyone to forego a job search and start a business. But sometimes starting your own business is faster than pounding on pavements and mailing out resumes. When you have downtime during a job search, I would say, Investigate the Internet. Nobody cares what you look like. And […]