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Category Archives: career switch
Can You Find a New Job After Taking a Buyout?
A reader took a corporate buyout, thinking he would be able to find a new position in a different city. It didn’t work out that way, read some of the lessons he learned and how he’s adapted. Continue reading
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Tagged career changes, job hunting, new job, new job stress
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Should Joel Ewanick Always Be Job Hunting?
The point is that everyone, no matter what level, should always be job hunting, always be thinking of a plan B should the job you have suddenly disappear. Even the mighty can fall. Continue reading
Guest Post Part III: What is a ‘Job’ Today?
One morning, tired of the traditional approach and with nothing left to lose, I put on a suit, commuted down the hall to my home office-studio and hired myself.
It wasn’t so much that I “formed a company with me as CEO,” as much as I stopped thinking of myself as “unemployed” or, even worse in my book, “retired.” Continue reading
Posted in career switch, job hunting, Job search tips, unemployment
Tagged career changes, frustration, job hunting, search tips
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Guest Post, Part II: What Does a Job Mean Today?
By the time I returned home late that night, my life and those of about 1,000 of my former colleagues had been dramatically altered. Our company had eliminated our jobs. Continue reading
Guest Post: Welcome to Transition Nation or What Does Working Mean Today?
As a downsized executive who’s gone from a long-term corporate earner to a freelancer stringing contract jobs together into something resembling a livelihood, I made a sudden and stunning connection to these guys. Were these “networking” laborers really so different from myself…? Continue reading
Posted in career switch, job hunting, unemployment
Tagged free agent, getting fired, job hunting, middle manager, transition nation
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Guest Post: Don’t Be Thrown By a Career Setback
Tony and I do the blog GuysandGoodHealth.com, writing about men, health and eating there. This post ran on that blog but is relevant to AlwaysBeJobHunting.com too and so we are rerunning it here. At the beginning of my career I … Continue reading
Posted in career switch, management issues, unemployment
Tagged bosses, career changes, fighting with the boss, getting fired
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When is it Time to Walk Away from a Job?
Most people are so happy to find a job, especially in this horrible economy, that they don’t give much thought to knowing when it’s time to walk away from a job. But it’s important to know when to do that, … Continue reading
The Budget Challenge Once You Have a New Job
The lesson for others: getting a job is a battle. As a manager, functioning in a new job also is a battle. Continue reading
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Tagged coping with a new job, frustration, job hunting, new job, new job stress, time to leave
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Always Be Job Hunting is Available on Amazon
My new book, Always Be Job Hunting, is now available for $9.95 on Amazon.com. I’m including links here, searching for it on Amazon itself may take some doing. There are a lot of job hunting books on Amazon, but mine … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Be Job Hunting, job hunting
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Dealing with Stage Fright in a New Job
I’m about to make my first public presentation for a new job I started back in February. This job entailed changing careers for me. After 35 years as a journalist, I’ve moved into research and analysis now. A friend tried … Continue reading
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Tagged career changes, new job, new job tension, public speaking
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Always Be Job Hunting 