Career Disruption from the Coronavirus? There will be career disruption from the Coronavirus. Now is a good time to take a moment and do some career planning. The career disruption for the coronavirus could be short term career disruption OR it could permanently change your career for the worse or the better. This is not […]
Never Too Old to Get Rich by Kerry Hannon [Book Review]
Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life by Kerry Hannon Never Too Old to Get Rich by Kerry Hannon is a guidebook for people in the second half of life who want to start a business. The book is dense with information, presented as a series of case […]
Generation X, Welcome to the World of Ageism
Welcome to the World of Ageism The world of ageism is welcoming Generation X with a sledgehammer. The youngest of this cohort is now 40 years of age and eligible for protection from age discrimination according to federal guidelines. And as we know, that has not been very effective. The oldest of this cohort has […]
How Crowdsourcing Helped Me Become a Published Author [Guest Post]
How Crowdsourcing Helped Me Become a Published Author I never thought I would write a book, even though I have published books for well over a hundred authors in recent decades. This article originally appeared on RussEanes.com. I have always loved writing and decided when I left my job as Publisher and Executive Director of MennoMedia in […]
A Redesigned and Refocused CareerPivot after Attack
A Redesigned and Refocused CareerPivot A new redesigned and refocused CareerPivot website has been launched. There were multiple impetuses that caused this to happen but the primary one was that the website was attacked. This was not something like a denial of service attack (DoS) which is most commonly associated with a website attack. Someone went […]
Synchronicity and Serendipity Can Be Essential in Life
Synchronicity and Serendipity Synchronicity and Serendipity came up in a discussion during a mastermind group video call in the Career Pivot Community when we were discussing a member’s success. Before I go further with this story let me define the terms. Synchronicity is defined by Dictionary.com as the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly […]
I Became Lost And It Was The Best Thing That Happened To Me [Guest Post]
I Became Lost Let me explain. In mid-2017 I decided to leave my job. I was the Executive Director and Publisher for the Mennonite Church in the U.S. and Canada. I was ideally suited for the job and for most of my 11 years there I had enjoyed it immensely. I had reached the pinnacle […]
A Story of Faith, Patience and Grace [Guest Post]
Don Varey didn’t know his career was a lemon until he was forced to turn it into lemonade. Don was a customer of mine 20 years ago. I was a National Account Manager for MCI/Worldcom. Remember them? (Bernie Ebbers, Enron era, cowboys and charlatans galore) and Don was an IT Manager for my largest account, […]
The Death Of The Relationship Sales Career
Relationship Sales Career The relationship sales career is not dead yet but it is on life support. This is not a career you would want to start if you are graduating from college today. I cannot tell you the number of relationship salespeople I have talked to in the last 5 years who are struggling. […]
