Articles on changing careers in your 30’s, 40’s or 50’s..
AI has convinced computer science students to shift majors and white-collar workers to change careers, while some are embracing it Matthew Ramirez started at Western Governors University as a computer science major in 2025, drawn by the promise of a high-paying, flexible career as a programmer. But as headlines mounted about tech layoffs and AI’s potential to replace… Read More How AI anxiety is upending career ambitions.
Quitting – particularly without a job to go to – can be emotionally challenging and carry stigma. Can the Great Resignation change that? As soon as gyms in the UK went into lockdown in 2020, personal trainer James Jackson quit his job. “I just knew that I had to transition to an online way of… Read More Why does quitting your job still feel so hard?
The pandemic fundamentally altered daily life for many. Approximately 9.6 millionAmericans lost their jobs, and millions more saw their professions change dramatically. While around 17 percent of U.S. professionals worked from home at least five days a week pre-pandemic, 44 percent did once lockdowns began restricting workplace activities. While the days of shelter-in-place orders are generally behind everyone, the pandemic… Read More Battling Burnout? A Post-Pandemic Career Change Might Be the Answer
A tremendous number of people are planning to look for new jobs, or even change careers altogether, in the wake of the pandemic.… Read More Hoping to Get a New Job Post-Pandemic? Here’s How to Figure Out What You Actually Want.
I remember stepping up on the graduation stage after getting my last degree, so excited about the upcoming opportunities that awaited me. I had gotten a job offer from a prestigious firm, was done with classes, and was so ready to move on to the next phase of my life. I even had scraped my… Read More 20 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started my Career (Part 1)
Matching up our personality with a suitable role is vital to a successful career change. Here, Nisa Chitakasem tries out online personality tests to see what insights they offer. I don’t know about you, but my personality has so many facets, I still don’t know how to break it down into separate traits. And even… Read More Matching Your Personality To Your Career
New Year’s Resolutions for a Stronger Career Include these seven things on your career-planning to-do list for the new year. By Alison Green Alison Green The end of the year is a great time to reflect on what worked for you in the past and what you want to do differently in the future –… Read More New Year’s Resolutions for a Stronger Career
Second verse: not the same as the first. Journalist Kerry Hannon remixed that old pop hit in the column she wrote for U.S. News and World Report, “Second Acts.” A specialist in careers, retirement and personal finance, Hannon has traveled the country interviewing people who’ve made successful career transitions at midlife — often into very… Read More What Makes for a Successful Midlife Career Transition?
Imagine that you have an opportunity to move into one of a number of open positions in your organization. Perhaps you are offered two different positions and you have to decide which one you want. So how do you choose the right one for you? Or perhaps you’re already in a good job, but something… Read More Career Choice Worksheet
The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire Self-help books and career-building workshops love to peddle one secret to a successful career: Follow your passion. Ever since Confucius proclaimed, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” chasing one’s passion has been frequently served up as a… Read More Why ‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Bad Career Advice..
Does your career need repair? Many people come to CareerPlanner to get help with their careers. It’s very common to find that your career has fallen off the tracks. It’s a natural process but it’s up to you to put your career back on track. We show you how. Even if you were phenomenally successful… Read More How to Fix or Change Your Career?
By Nathaniel Koloc For those of us who’ve experienced the adventurous-yet-agonizing wanderlust of a post-college career journey – six months here, nine months there, never settling for long – there is nothing more fearsome than being interviewed and hearing the hiring manager ask this question: So… You have quite the background! You‘ve done so many… Read More Turn Your Wandering Career Path Into a Secret Weapon
For most of us, the first and only time we ever take career assessments is in high school or college. But, if you are unfulfilled in your current job, unsure of your motivated values and talents, looking for confirmation on a possible career passion, or in search of ways in which you could make money… Read More Top 5 Career Assessments To Direct Your Career Change
Top 10 Things To Do Before You Change Jobs – In today’s world, individuals will change careers on average 7 times more in their lifetime, compared to only a couple of decades ago – and this rate is rising. There is more choice available to us – especially for those with talent, drive and ambition.… Read More Top 10 Things To Do Before You Change Jobs
By: Peter Fisher If your career has gone off the road, take control and drive back to job satisfaction with a direct approach. When you’re looking for that new job or a career move it’s easy to think that `they’ hold all the cards. But if you can change the way you think about it,… Read More Drive Your Career Change – A Direct Approach
How To Make A Really Bad Career Decision… 1. Make your decision…then justify it. Confirmation bias happens when your brain only sees evidence to support its decision. So, imagine you have a new job offer that you’re considering and you think to yourself: “ Taking this job would be a really good career move for… Read More How To Make A Really Bad Career Decision
Every so often, in everyone’s life, important decisions that may require a major change loom up. How do you know that it’s time for a decision? And how then best to proceed with your decision-making? That’s the questions this post addresses. How do you know the time for a change is now? The sign that… Read More Facing Decision-Making About a Job Change or Career Path?
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. Are you considering changing your career? Are you bored, fed-up, lost, or otherwise unhappy in your current career? Are you facing a crossroads at which you need to decide between staying in your current field and moving to a new one? Do you have skills that you are not using… Read More 10 Career Change Mistakes to Avoid
Readers Respond: I Knew It Was Time to Change Careers When … time for change I have been in the banking industry for 20+ years now and had always been a top producer. 2 days ago the manager yelled at me for something that i had no control of. This caused me a lot of… Read More 6 Reasons to Make a Career Change
Career paths can be as complicated as we are as individuals — and equally as misunderstood. In many cases, how we truly feel about our career path, is in direct conflict with what we outwardly express to others. We might profess that we hold our so-called “dream job” — yet we feel bored or unsettled.… Read More Embracing the Work Life “Pivot”
An MBA can end up costing as much as €50,000 in tuition–and that’s not including the time lost that might be spent building your career outside of the classroom. Is they really worth that kind of investment? In fact, when it comes to goosing up your lifetime income, an MBA just ain’t what it used… Read More Is an MBA Worth the Cost?
By Mark Miller Experts say it’s important not to rush a career transition. Develop a process that includes friends and advisors, and stick to it. It’s time for a career change. You’re at the midpoint of life; your first career leaves you bored, empty or worn out. But how do you assess the options, get… Read More 5 Tips for Midlife Career Change
By Dorothy Tannahill-Moran In the current economic realities, we all now know people with work gaps. People by the 1000’s have been laid off and are still searching for jobs after 1 or 2 years. It’s an issue, but it doesn’t have the hiring stigma it once did. Now try to imagine not working for… Read More Restarting Your Career
By Kathy Caprino, Forbes As a career coach and a career reinventer myself, I can confidently say that changing your career to something that is more suited to your values, needs, skills, and interests, is doable today, even in these tough economic times. But to switch careers effectively and achieve a positive outcome, you need… Read More The 5 Biggest Mistakes Career Changers Make
Career Exploration Tools Are you experiencing a mid-career crisis? And, if not, should you be experiencing a mid-career crisis? I did when I was thirty-four years old. I’d been working in my chosen field for 14 years and had finished my Masters degree in a related subject. I experienced a growing sense of uneasiness that… Read More Create the Life You Want With a Mid-Career Crisis
Without a doubt, making a career change later in life does involve some unique challenges, but the opportunity to do the type of work you’ve always dreamed of doing can be well worth the effort. The chance to do the work you love can change your life in many ways, from helping you feel younger… Read More How to Make a Successful Midlife Career Change
by Jeffrey Teow19 October 2012 I’m a 30-something average Joe and like most, I work for the dough. I stayed on for a good eight years in my first job. The money wasn’t bad, but life became mundane and routine. I began wondering how I could achieve more in life because it felt that I… Read More My mid-career change into banking went horribly wrong..
A mid-career change? No problems, only opportunities By Alaina G. Levine – October 2011 Changing course in the middle of your career can feel a bit scary, but it doesn’t have to. Perhaps you are thinking of taking a new position in your field, or changing disciplines all together. Maybe you want to transfer out… Read More A mid-career change – no problems, only opportunities
Factors to Consider for a Mid-Career Change in a Tough Job Market Factors to Consider for a Mid-Career Change in a Tough Job Market – Career changes after 40 are usually considered by people, who do not find their current job challenging enough, or they are experiencing job burnout, or perhaps who have lost their… Read More Mid-Career Change? – should you jump ship..
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