What is Your Plan for the 2nd Half of Life? – [Infographic] Do You Plan to Retire in the Next 10 Years? A little over half of the respondents said no, that they didn’t plan to retire in the next 10 years. We should have asked a follow-up question to determine why people were not […]
5 Tips On How To Manage Your Digital Footprint
Your Digital Footprint It is a brave new world of business recruiting. According to personal branding experts from EssayMama, recruiters no longer limit themselves to resumes, cover letters, and references. Recruiters now search social media for clues about who you are, how others perceive you, how you fit with their company culture and how well […]
Career Pivot Social Media Survey Results [Infographic]
Social Media Survey Results A couple of weeks ago we published the following blog post: Social Media Goes Corporate – Are you Ready? In the post, we included a short survey for you to tell us what social media sites you use and how often. We followed up that post with a discussion about social […]
Are you Staying in a Job you Should Quit? – Guest Post
Are you Staying in a Job you Should Quit? So, you’re fed up at work and dream of the day you explain to your boss, ever so eloquently, that you won’t be coming back. Yet day after day after day, you continue to do just that. Are you crazy?!? Even though it takes guts to […]
Will This Be the Year You Make a Change? [Survey Results]
Will 2016 be the year that you make your career change? Last month, Career Pivot sent out a survey asking what your career plans are for 2016. We wanted to know if you are looking for a career change or staying the course. Well, the results are in! The data shows that people want […]
The Difference Between Following and Connecting on LinkedIn [Guest Post]
Yes, there is a difference between following and connecting on LinkedIn. You can see the status updates of someone you do not know on LinkedIn and their long-form posts (LinkedIn’s blogging equivalent)- without connecting. (Note: this is a guest post by Hannah Morgan, aka, the Career Sherpa) Some LinkedIn Users Won’t Connect With Strangers One of the biggest […]
How to Find Work Flexibility in Your Next Career [Guest Post]
Flexibility in Your Next Career For years, you worked in the same industry, happily clocking into the office each and every day. But now, things are different. While you would still like to keep working, you’re looking for a little more flexibility—and a lot more work-life balance—in your life. That’s where a flexible job comes […]
Re-entering the Workforce – Marketable Skills After 50 [Guest Post]
Marketable Skills After 50 Are you over 50, re-entering the workforce, and wondering about your marketable skills? There are those of you who have served as housewives; still others, who raised their children, then raised other people’s children. You may have taken extended time off to care for a parent. You who have lived great […]
Boomers Working for Millennials: Finding common ground! [Guest Post]
Boomers Working for Millenials If you are a baby boomer, you probably have children that are millennials. Do you network with people your kid’s age? Could you see yourself working for a millennial in the near future? Have you incorporated millennials into your job search network? If you have not, you should, and here is […]
