Episode 31 – Flexibility comes in several styles in today’s employment world. Description: Brie Reynolds is Marc’s expert guest in this episode. Brie is the Senior Career Specialist at FlexJobs, the award-winning site for remote work, flexible schedule and freelance job listings. She helps people empower themselves to find jobs that fit their lives by […]
Career Disaster Area I am working with two clients who are 65 years of age and they are figuratively living in a “Career Disaster Area.” The career world where they lived for so many years has been hit by a massive earthquake. They truly are living in a “Career Disaster Area.” Can they recover? Sure. […]
Episode 30 – Marc and Elizabeth answer some of your career decisions question you might make very late in life! Description: In this episode, Marc answers very late in life career decision questions with his trusty sidekick, Elizabeth Rabaey. You can learn about her career pivots in Episode 020. Listen in, for ideas to pivot […]
Are you overqualified? The idea for this post came from a Mashable.com post called What to Do When You’re Overqualified for a Job! This is a problem that a lot of baby boomers encounter. Let’s look at it from an employer’s perspective. Are they looking for overqualified workers? Have you ever seen a “help wanted” […]
Episode 29 – Marc Miller discusses his last six months, and dealing with reality Description: In this episode, Marc is recording the show in the hospital with his wife. He talks about making stuff up, dealing with assumptions — most of which are wrong — and how things do not go as planned. He discusses […]
Virtual Assistant Have you thought about a career as a Virtual Assistant? What if there was a career that allowed you to: Work from home (and home can be anywhere in the world) Travel (did I mention you can work from anywhere in the world, even an RV?) Enjoy the freedom and flexibility of being […]
Does Your Dream Job Exist? Does our dream job really exist? If we have our dream job, does that mean we are following our passions? There are several articles lately, and a personal observation, that makes me think we are chasing something that does not exist for many of us. I was sent an article […]
Episode #28 – Jennifer Winter talks about her career pivots and her current position as a Director of Programming for digital media at a dot.com company Description: Jennifer Winter has always understood the importance of seeing the big picture, while always focusing on the small details. Doing both well enabled her to grow, along with […]
Do you suffer from “Skills Burn-Out Syndrome” (SBS)? You are probably going hmm … “Skills Burn-Out Syndrome” (SBS). This sounds serious! In one of my more popular posts, I talked about the differences between talents and skills. We acquire skills throughout our careers, usually because they are required for our jobs, by our employers OR […]
Feeling Directionless? At various times in our careers, we may feel directionless. This is particularly true when our skills are rendered obsolete or industries have died. In my case, it was when I made a career pivot to being a high school math teacher, teaching Algebra I and II, in an inner-city school in 2004. […]
