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5 Tips for Taking Advantage of This Time of Transition
So you’ve found yourself downsized and let go from your company. You are treating your job search as your full time job and now have some free time when you are not focused on the job search. After all, now you do not have the commute [...]

We continue sharing career advice today with information on how to deal with a request to reduce your work hours.
Based on the current business environment, your company may be asking you (and other employees) to cut your hours to avoid layoffs. Or perhaps you expect this may be what is coming next.
What questions should you [...]

So you plan to retire when? Here is some concerning news about current business realities, taken from a recent article from the Motley Fool.
You probably won’t be retiring when you expect to retire.
Your first thought when reading this may be:  “So what? I’ll just end up working longer than I now plan. I had already [...]

Ever wonder who is reading up on your online? If you are in the job search mode right now (or think there is a chance you may be in the near future), you should.
If you’re a blogger, forum user or social networker, have you given any thought to the kinds of personal info you’re putting [...]

Are you frustrated and discouraged in your job search? Then ask yourself this: “To what extent have I been looking for needs rather than searching for a position”?
Let me explain..
Recently I have been more aware of how true sales professionals approach their prospective clients and what works for them.  As I considered how this relates [...]

Finding your retirement nest egg short?  Looking for some ideas for skills to learn to move forward?
Many are doing whatever it takes to start a second career.
Check out the latest NY Times article on refining skills to restart earnings
Cheers to your success!

As someone who has been downsized or displaced, you likely have heard that using the social network LinkedIn is a great process to add to your job search toolkit.
But how do you do that? Many of my clients are new to LinkedIn and are asking the same question. One professional over 50 has a very [...]

Feeling baffled and confused about unemployment benefits?
Been downsized and believe you are likely eligible for assistance?
Not sure where to start to get information and your questions answered?
You are not alone.  Nearly all of my clients and colleagues in this situation are uncertain what to do. Since we have been in the working world for so [...]

Remember all those business books we read, such as Tom Peter’s In Search of Excellence? Many of those books reflected a few key themes:

A bias for action, active decision making-”get on with it’
Be close to the customer-learn from the people served by the business
Entrepreneurship-foster innovation and nurturing ‘champions’
Productivity through people- treating rank and file employees [...]

During times of layoffs and economic downturns, many laid-off professionals decide to turn away from traditional employment and begin thinking about the option of being an independent contractor or consultant.
On the surface, this may look very attractive. You say to yourself  “There is very little (if any) security within companies anyway. How great to be [...]