Career & Life Planning

WHERE WILL THE NEW WORK BE FOUND?

by Deborah on November 17, 2011

Work will be found, wherever there is something that needs doing. Some problem to be solved, some wrong to be righted. What needs doing in your world? What kinds of problems are you prepared to solve?  What gets your goat that you’d like to see fixed, improved or changed entirely? Who are the companies and [...]

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ARE YOU ONE OF THE “UNEMPLOYABLES?”

by Deborah on November 7, 2011

When I first saw the term the “unemployables” applied to the mature worker I cringed. But in order to make sure we are not in that category there are some basic skills we need to master. We’re all good communicators or we wouldn’t have gotten this far, right? But specifically we need to improve or [...]

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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF WORK IN YOUR FIELD?

by Deborah on November 1, 2011

Remember how we used to talk about having 1 – 2- or even 3 careers just 10 years ago? Now the concept of career no longer even exists. Work will be more transparent – people will have their productivity measured in new ways and your input will be tied directly to the bottom line; exciting [...]

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If you’re starting to get excited and jazzed about some idea, this is the time to really move on it. The market is still sluggish, but that’s all the more reason to start putting it out there now.  Maybe you have gone through all the exercises  in the Life Work Transitions process awhile ago, and [...]

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If you’ve been out of work for awhile and – this is always the tricky part – to determine what is “awhile” for the unemployed. For some it’s anything longer than 3 – 6 months. For others, it can be extended to the 2 year time frame for collecting unemployment benefits.  But during that phase, [...]

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