Category Archives: career switch
How to move into a new career
Are you bored of your current career? Want to move into a new one? Well, here’s how you can do it. Research the Options Research is one of the keys stages in the process when you’re looking to make a … Continue reading
Top Work-related Resolutions for 2014: Get money, get a new job
In this environment, the only sure way to get a raise is to change jobs, which is what I did as 2013 ended (changed jobs for a higher salary, oh yeah, more reason to read my book so you can do the same). Continue reading
What happened to Always Be Job Hunting?
Beginning Dec. 30, I will be the new news editor for Modern Healthcare magazine and its associated e-newsletters. I will be returning to journalism after trying a two-year career change to become a market research manager. Continue reading
Where are the best cities to job hunt? Here’s a surprising list
The bevy of smaller Midwest cities seems to be saying the rust belt days of the Midwest are fading, in some places at least. Continue reading
Branding and job hunting: more good advice from another source
Elements you’ll need to brand build include networking abilities, an ability to compromise, a way of going beyond just speaking about quality of your work and creativity, he says.
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Online Degrees or Moocs –a guest post
Ava Reed is a freelance writer who approached me to write about MOOCs, which I had never heard of, and then agreed to redo her post to address how these fit into job hunting. Continue reading
Which Jobs Should You Avoid?
I was surprised reporter wasn’t listed as the number one career to avoid. The winner, or loser, for that spot was desktop publisher, a term I haven’t heard much of since the late 1980s and early 1990s. Continue reading
Should Hostess Workers Have Always Been Job Hunting?
Your unspoken contract with an employer is to do the best job you can as long as you work there, not to go down with a sinking ship and then risk months or years out of work. Continue reading
My First Speaking Engagement Was a Success, Read Why
Key take-aways from the speech were the six guiding principles of Always Be Job Hunting. Continue reading
Read the Book Bosses Don’t Want You To Read
Now I can tout the book as one bosses are afraid to have you read. I rather like that, expect to see me saying it more. Continue reading



