
Challenges Facing Older Career Switchers Self actualization is a concept that has gained widespread acceptance in American society, but fifty years ago it would have been viewed as being overly self involved. What was paramount then was working hard enough…

Dealing with a Toxic Work Environment A toxic work environment is one in which you feel victimized and powerless. This can be due to any number of factors: racial, age or gender discrimination, narcissistic leadership that prioritizes personal loyalty over…

How to REALLY Address Job and Career Dissatisfaction A recent Harris Interactive survey* uncovered the following statistics on American job satisfaction: Across America, only 45 percent of workers say they are either satisfied or extremely satisfied with their jobs Just…

What Do You Bring To The Table Over the past months a very large number of visitors to my blog have read a post: “What Do You Bring to the Table.” The post is certainly among the most useful ones…
Narcissistic Bosses Jim Weinstein was interviewed by columnist Karla L. Miller about weeding out bad bosses by reviewing previous experiences and researching prospective employers. How to Detect a Narcissistic Boss Jim Weinstein is a career counselor and licensed psychotherapist with…
Do You Love What You Do? A book with the funky title “Feck Perfuction” by James Vicotre inspired this post. The book is about overcoming fear of failure, about pushing back against the pressures exerted by society, peers, and parents…
The Process to Finding Your New Career If you’re unhappy in your current career and are contemplating making a switch, you’re undoubtedly plagued by anxiety about how to identify a direction that will work and fears about how to actually…
How To Plan Your Career as You Age It’s a sad but essentially unavoidable fact that as you age many of your cognitive abilities decline. And this of course negatively impacts your ability to perform on the job. The July…
Impending Economic Downturn I’m not an economist or a financial analyst, but I am convinced that we are heading for at the least a very serious recession and more likely a depression that is likely to last for many months.…
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