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- Job Change Advice for Midlife career women - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2013 from George DutchAs a job change expert, I first spoke to Maria Ford she was the marketing communications manager for a semi-conductor start-up company, and a confused and distressed woman. She was working at yet another high-tech start-up, her third company in four years. It`s turning out to be another bad ...
Views: 1117(1 vote) - Get off the Treadmill and Start Earning Money & Having Fun Doing So! - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from George DutchOn the one hand, our life goals are pretty simple: to survive, get a decent job with some stability and security, develop loving relationships–even raise a family–pursue some enjoyable activities, and do it all with a certain amount of comfort and dignity. On the other hand, to achieve these ...
Views: 1008 - How Click Moments lead to Successful Career Changes - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2013 from George DutchNew services and products are being created daily. They seem to come out of nowhere and rocket to almost instant popularity. That’s what happened to Ben Silbermann and Evan Sharp who met for a beer in 2009 and discovered they both loved collecting. Click. Talking further they thought; Why ...
Views: 1083 - How Parents Can Help Their Young Adults Choose a Career - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from George DutchIs your son or daughter eager to find meaningful work domestically or abroad? Does it worry you? Your son or daughter may deliberately be opting for a type of job far different from yours. Some studies show that young adults are twice as likely to answer `no` to the question, `Did your ...
Views: 1601 - How to choose a career with a 60/40 split between pleasure and pain - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from George DutchThere is no such thing as a perfect job where you are 100% happy and satisfied all the time. The world is just not organized that way! The key to career success is to limit the downside of your job to 40% of your job duties. The downside of your job is performing grunt work with `can do` ...
Views: 1139 - How to Get Started on a Meaningful Career Change - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2013 from George DutchI have been helping others through career transitions for almost 20 years. Like you, they sought stability and comfort. But the simple fact is that any transition involves discomfort, uncertainty, and risk before you can get to the other side in a new career, in a new life, where you can once ...
Views: 1552 - How to make a career change if you are stuck in your job - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2013 from George DutchWe tend to do things because that is the expected thing to do. We have been told to go to school to get good grades, in order to get into a good university and get a good degree in order to get a good job and live a good life. We follow this formula. Sometimes it works, much of the time it ...
Views: 807 - If you’re stuck in your job, it’s not your fault! - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2013 from George DutchWe tend to do things because that is the expected thing to do. We’ve been told to go to school to get good grades, in order to get into a good university and get a good degree in order to get a good job and live a good life. We follow this formula. Sometimes it works, much of the time it ...
Views: 808 - Job Change Advice: How to Convert a Conversation into a Job Offer - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2013 from George DutchIn other posts, I have explained how to get face-to-face with hiring mangers to increase your chances of getting a job offer sooner…rather than waiting for callbacks to online applications in this hyper-competitive job market. But…once you get there—what do you say? The first order of ...
Views: 861 - Job Change Advice: If you find yourself in a hole stop digging! - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2013 from George DutchIt’s easy to dig ourselves into a hole that feels impossible to get out of. For example, it’s easy to fall into a job with no intention of staying there only to realize, years later, you’re stuck there…it’s draining you body and soul, but you need the money just to survive or maintain a ...
Views: 1098 - Labour Day in the 21st C.—What’s the deal now? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2013 from George DutchAs a job change expert, I work on the front lines of our laissez-faire system of supply and demand in the job market. The corrosive effects of this system force some people to change careers when they lose their jobs or when they choose to look for a new job in order to advance their career or ...
Views: 1291 - Making a Midlife Career Change as a Single Mom - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2013 from George DutchVera Adamovich was very motivated to make a midlife career change when she showed up at my office. She had that day signed a contract with another career development counseling firm, heard of me, and then signed up with my organization too. At the time she was running a home-based desktop ...
Views: 2855 - When it comes to career change, it’s the pattern, stupid! - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2013 from George DutchI`m an idiographer. You might think I`m an idiot for saying so but idiography is actually the study of individual cases or events. And that’s what I do as a career professional. It is a proven, scientifically valid method for career assessment. I demonstrated this method in some detail ...
Views: 1446 - Why is it so hard to make a successful career transition? - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2013 from George DutchHere`s what I have observed over the years. Many people start researching options for transitioning to a career. Let`s take Barry, a typical client who completed a Job Joy Report. He has a comfortable secure government job that he hates. His mind has two contradictory goals: he wants the ...
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