Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

Re-Assessing Your Career at Mid-Career

Friday, August 27th, 2010

It may seem heresy during the depths of a prolonged recession to be thinking about making a career change but if you are feeling drained, bored, or just tired doing what you have been doing, now is the time to re-think your career direction. (more…)

Networking

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

You’re in mid-career and you’ve been told that networking is the best way to find a new job. If you’ve attended events where you are supposed to get up and tell others what you do and what you are looking for, you’ve probably felt uncomfortable and wondered whether that approach is really effective. It can be if the group is targeted at specific functional levels. This type of networking is something that you can do occasionally but it should not be where you spend most of your time networking. (more…)