Articles tagged: "career change"
1: Motivation and Goal Setting For A Career Change
Goal setting is an important part of any achievement in life, but particularly if you want to find a fulfilling career. This article looks at how to set motivating goals that will ensure your career dream success.
2: When it Comes to Your Dreams Sometimes the Best Advice is to Ignore Everything Your Parents Told You
Everything I learned about achieving career bliss I learned by actually ignoring my well-meaning but cautious parents. That 's because, if you aspire to find work that you truly love, some of what your parents taught you could actually work against you.
3: Afraid to Take the Leap? Simple Ways to Face Down Your Fears
Anyone who has ever ventured out of their safe little world will tell you they had doubts. When it comes to making a major life change, not only is a certain amount of fear perfectly normal, it 's actually helpful. For example, it 's our healthy fears that keep us from jumping off cliffs. And the great thing about fear is that there are always ways to get around it.
4: Have a Great Idea for a Business? Test the Waters Before Diving In
A lot of jobs seem different from the outside. Think about your current career or job. Entrepreneurs are not immune to this "leap before you look" syndrome.
5: 5 Essential Mid-Life Career Skills You Won't Learn in Business School
Why do some mid-life, mid-career professionals continue to grow in successful careers, while others seem stalled and stuck? It 's not about expertise and education. It 's about these these five essential career management skills that no one teaches you in business school.
6: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Making a Lateral Career Move
Consciously or unconsciously, many of us wonder whether we have already found our dream job or have just settled for something in the absence of anything better. It is pretty much like a teen with the first flash of youthfulness looking for his or her soul mate.
7: Career Change Lessons From a Potluck Dinner
New job? New career? Figure out what everyone else is bringing to the table...and what they're taking home.
8: How to Make Your Resume Stand Out
Whether or not you're planning to look for a new job, it 's best to keep your resume updated Get into the habit of updating your accomplishments and skills so that your resume is always ready
9: Only Five Interview Questions
Of all the subjects we cover in career management and job search, the one that seems to cause clients the most anxiety is INTERVIEWING. To ease my clients' concerns, I often simplify the topic by reducing it to a handful of basic elements.
10: Effective Communication
The bare knuckled fight for the democratic nominee has me hooked Not only am I fascinated by the race but I am also floored by the poor level of communication displayed by some of the candidates' communication staff
11: Is It Time For A Career Change?
An article looking into possibilities of a change in career
12: Career Coaching
When you review the employee satisfaction statistics it is easy to understand why career coaching is a growing profession On average individuals spend over 100,000 hours at work during their lifetime and over 60% of US citizens are dissatisfied in their current job
13: Exploring Your Career Options
An article giving ideas as to how to explore your options if you want to change careers, including exercises to identify skills and match then to new occupations
14: Changing Jobs? Look Before You Leap!
If you are contemplating jumping into a new career, there are a couple of things you need to ask yourself. First, is there really such a thing as having a job for life? In reality, it can be extremely difficult for a person to keep working at the same company for all the working years of his or her life. In fact, it is close to impossible!
15: 3 Signs It 's Time to Quit
Have you felt trapped at work? Unappreciated? Underused? Can you not stand the smell of your boss' cheap Old Spice another day? Then join the thousands of U.S. workers that will tell their bosses adios this holiday season and move on to greener pastures.
16: Do You Want A Career Change?
An article giving useful advice on how you could change your career.
17: Changing Careers In Your 30 's
If you are in your 30s and are considering a career change, then it is important for you to be prepared to expect anything in the future.
18: Networking 2.0: Midlife Career Change For the 21st Century
Thirty years ago, we advised career changers to call strangers to set up "information interviews." Today we find contacts on the Internet and strangers are far too busy to take our calls. Here 's how to network in the 21st century.
19: Switching To A New Career
Switching a career is never easy. In fact it is the most difficult thing that a person can do in their life. Whether you are switching careers in the 20s or 30s or even 50s; the struggle is the same.
20: 3 EASY WAYS TO MAKE MORE MONEY
Everybody gets attentive when you start talking about ways to make more money! Most of us would seriously entertain a career change if we knew we could increase our bottom line. Very few people that I encounter are content with the amount of money they are currently earning. Many of those same....
21: Boomer Couples And Change: Understanding Your Relationship
Being comfortable in a relationship feels awfully good - but functioning on automatic pilot can get you into trouble. When reading the examples below, do you recognize any of these changes in your relationship? Look carefully at the emotions that surface when you step into new roles and give up the ones that have defined you in the past.
22: The Implications For Your Career Planning If Your Employer Decides To Relocate
For many companies an emerging option is to relocate to areas where the costs of operating a business are lower. You may be asked to relocate yourself. If so, what are the implications for your career and the questions you must ask your employer before you take the final decision to relocate.
23: How To Make Your Career Transition Positive By Quitting Your Job With Dignity
Quitting your job correctly and in a dignified manner is a clear sign of intelligent career planning and management.
24: Why Impulsive Decisions Are Not Wise When Planning Your Next Career Move
This article considers what considerations should be made when planning a career move
25: 5 Vital Factors You Must Consider When Choosing A New Job
Choosing a new career or job can be exciting but before you make your final decision there are 5 crucial elements you must consider. This article explains what they are.
26: Time For A Career Change? Wait! Crucial Factors You Must Consider Before You Quit Your Job
Fed up with your job? Hate your boss? Wanna quit? Before you do there are few things you must consider first...
27: Discover The Essential Information You Need When Considering A Career Change
A career change is not just a simple matter of applying for another job. Career planning requires careful consideration of some vital factors which this article will reveal
28: How To Put Your Career Planning Back On Course When You Are Stuck In A Dead End Job
Do you feel you are in a dead end job? Here are some simple ways you can turn the situation round and get your career development back on track.
29: Applying To Employers Not Hiring Right Now - A Wise Move Or A Waste Of Time?
There are many potential employers who are not hiring right now, but it is possible in the future they may be. This article considers the pro and cons of applying or sending a resume to such employers.
30: How To Protect Your Career Development By Dealing With Workplace Conflicts Correctly
Conflicts at the workplace are a very common phenomenon. A lot of people have had their careers threatened by problems with their bosses or co-workers. This need not happen to you if you deal with these conflicts the correct way.
31: Considering A Career Change? The Vital Factors You Must Consider
Changing jobs or career needs careful consideration. Here are a number a essential factors that need to be considered to help you make the right choice.
32: Dreams Come True - Especially A Dream Job
If you want to land your dream job then you have to work on it - then your dreams really can come true. And you can work at bit, starting right now...
33: Making Career Change Over 50
It 's often hard to think about changing careers It 's doubly difficult to take the step to change careers after you have been doing something for what may seem a lifetime
34: Take Your Miserable Job And Shove It In The Right Direction
Sometimes we need a few ideas to help us along our path of career change. Unlike an extensive career assessment, this article will provide you will some straightforward, down-to-earth suggestions to consider that just might change your life!
35: Laid Off And Time For A Career Change
An article on how being laid off is not the end of the world
36: Your Best Interview Preparation Tips To Help You Make A Good Impression
You do not have to go through Hell to succeed in your next job interview!
37: Career Change Time? Consider Software Testing
Software QA is a unique job niche in many ways: Maturity is an asset in software testing unlike other IT fields, and Whatever your prior education or work experience, it is likely to be an asset because there is likely to be software that specializes in your field of expertise.
38: 10 Tips to Job-Winning Interviews
These days, you have to work hard to get a serious job interview. After running just one want ad, recruiters will see thousands of resumes. So getting picked for an interview is a reason to celebrate. But after celebrating The Call, plan for success. You'll have limited time to impress an inter
39: For My New Career I Want To Do Nothing
Recently, while reviewing my collection of emails, I came across this question. "Cathy, I've done a lot. But nothing really interests me anymore. The things that tempt me are not financially feasible right now, because one of the things I'd like to give up is working!"This challenge is more co
40: Dream Job Seekers - What 's Stopping You Then?
Your life. Take a slice of this, a cup of that and top it off with a dose of the other and, hey presto, you are today who you have become. No blame, no fault and above all no problem! Recognizing how you got where you are is a big step and the starting position for fixing it.To help you progres
41: Life Coaching Strategies Can Help You Land A Dream Job
Life coaching isn't about looking into the past. Sure, it 's great to know why you ended up where you are, but a life coach is focused on where you are now and where you want to go. Many people feel dissatisfied with their life, but in reality, it could just be your job or your career dragging y
42: 7 Outdated Myths That Will Kill Your Career Change Before You Start
If you're a career-changing Baby Boomer, you may feel like you've gotten lost with Dorothy in Oz. You've achieved success in your career. You've built skills and a strong work ethic. And now you're ready to move on...and it 's not working.Many of my own clients tell me, "I haven't had to look fo
43: Everything You Need To Know About Plumbing Courses
Plumbing courses are available at trade schools all over the UK and other parts of the globe They are also available online as well
44: 6 Vital Career Factors You Must Consider
When we think of a dream job, the first thing that comes to mind are those cliched dream jobs involving tons of money and not a lot of work. The reality of a dream job is very different, though.You can have all the money in the world and still be unhappy, and people who don't work often end up
45: Five Ways To Convince Others Your Career Goals Are Serious
Getting people on your side is critical to get a job like you've always dreamt about, so taking the time to get your important people with you is really necessary. And worth it.When you've tried to make changes in your life before, people have shaken their heads and told you you're crazy each t
46: 10 Dumbest Career Mistakes Made by the Smartest People
Career planning is hot. Career mistakes are cold. But almost everybody does something really, really dumb at least once in a working lifetime.If you're unlucky, your mistake gets into the news. Recently I read a story about a flight attendant who was fired for posting photos of her uniformed se
47: Six Success Steps - What To Do When An Interview Is Next Up
Making a career change into a new profession or changing employers to have a different job usually means one thing: An interview. Many people see the interview as being a terrifying part of landing a job, but it doesn't have to be a scary event.Here are six ways that you can impress the person
48: Should You Change Jobs? Eight Things To Think About
People see the nice house you live in and the new car in your driveway. They see you pay your bills every month, and you can buy the luxuries you want, when you want. So, it looks like you have a dream job. Yet, deep down, you know this isn't your dream job. It might have been so a few years ag
49: How to Choose MBA for Midlife Career Change (and Avoid Midlife Career Crisis)
Clients considering a midlife career change often call with the question, "Should I go back to school for another degree? So I wasn't surprised to find an article in a major business journal, featuring a Q&A around the question, "Should I get an Executive MBA after 50?"Frankly, I wonder why th
50: Career Opportunities Come Through Building Rapport
Truth is, you aren't going to get very far with building your career success, if you're grumbling and muttering about your lot all the time. Do this and you will likely as not fail. Take action steps of your own and there 's a much better chance of success.People like to be with people that make
