Minding Your Career Gap We have always been told that having a career gap or a period of unemployment was deadly for our career. The depth of the COVID-19 recession has been brutal on certain segments of the population. On the other hand, some industries growing due to the pandemic. Many of you who read this […]
Are You Prepared for the Extinction of a Steady Paycheck?
Extinction of a Steady Paycheck With the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic are you prepared for the extinction of a steady paycheck? I have been writing about the industry disruption and the disruptive innovation that the pandemic is creating. I truly believe that we need to get comfortable with the idea that the world will […]
How Have You Been Successful in Dealing with Industry Disruption?
Been Successful in Dealing with Industry Disruption Have you dealt with industry disruption in your career? Glenn Zweig discussed how every industry is being disrupted by COVID-19 in the podcast episode, How to Switch Industries from Executive Search Consultants Perspective. What companies are looking for are candidates who have been successful in dealing with industry […]
Why and How to Establish a Growth Mindset for Thriving in 2021?
Establishing a Growth Mindset Do you have a growth mindset? Having a growth mindset in 2021 will be important to survive the crazy environment we find ourselves in. So what is a growth mindset? “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent […]
Your Industry is Crippled and is Time to Make a Career Pivot
Time to Make a Career Pivot Covid-19 has left many industries crippled and it is likely time to make a career pivot. This probably means repositioning your career for a new industry or starting your own business. What keeps you from moving on? Inertia. Inertia is a dangerous thing. You might be saying: Been here […]
5 Steps for Using Transferable Skills to Move to a New Industry
Using Transferable Skills to Move to a New Industry Many of you will need to identify transferable skills and then leverage them to move to a new industry. COVID-19 has wreaked its havoc on industries differently. If you work in one of the industries most affected can you wait until it recovers or do you […]
4 Examples of Professional/Personal Make Stuff Up Disorder [Updated]
Make Stuff Up Disorder I have written about Make Stuff Up Disorder multiple times including a whole chapter in my latest book, Repurpose Your Career – A Practical Guide to the 2nd Half of Life is dedicated to this topic. If you would like to listen to a narration of this chapter MSU Disorder – The […]
Have You Prepared For Your Unplanned Early Retirement?
Unplanned Early Retirement Are you prepared to be forced into an unplanned early retirement? I rarely write about retirement on this blog or discuss this topic on the podcast but COVID-19 has changed everything. Around the same time this blog post gets published I will be publishing an interview with Mark Miller of the Retirement […]
What is Going on in the Real World of Hiring and HR – Part 2 [Podcast]
Episode #188 – Marc Interviews Gary O’Neal and David Hughen on Their Perspectives of What is Going on in the Real World of Hiring and HR Description: This is the second part of a Career Pivot community call that was held with Gary O’Neal and David Hughen. If you have not listened to the first […]
