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 […]
The Best Baby Boomer Career Online Communities
Baby Boomer Online Communities Online communities have exploded since the introduction of Facebook more than a dozen years ago. There are all kinds of online communities – except career-oriented sites for baby boomer careers. When I started CareerPivot.com in 2012, the world was just beginning to understand that baby boomers were not going to ride […]
Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition is Now Available
Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition is Now Available Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition is finally available in both paperback and Kindle ebook formats. The paperback will be available through Amazon’s Kindle Digital Publishings (KDP) Expanded Distribution. What KDP’s Help page says is as follows: Booksellers and libraries purchase paperbacks from large distributors. If you enroll […]
Evolution of Repurpose Your Career Book and Launch – Part III
Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition Creating the 3rd edition of the book has been a transformative experience. Why you may ask? The world has changed significantly in the last couple of years. The economy has greatly improved for many but not for all. Those of us in the 2nd half of life have not always […]
Evolution of Repurpose Your Career Book and Launch – Part II
Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition The first book was published and a lot of lessons were learned. If you have not read the first post in this series I suggest you do that now. The plan was to update the book every 2-3 years but that did not happen. I now thought I was a […]
Evolution of Repurpose Your Career Book and Launch – Part I
Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition The launch of the 3rd edition of Repurpose Your Career has started. The plan is to publish the book in mid-September. The book has evolved since 2013 when the first edition was published. The self-publishing industry has evolved and morphed to the point that an indie author can make money […]
Top 10 Googled Career Pivot Posts for 2017
Top 10 Googled Career Pivot Posts Every year I like to highlight the top pages/posts that were found by people searching using Google. Check out last year’s list and you tell me what you see different. The Career Pivot website was googled over 151,000 times in 2017 and that is up from 111,000 in 2016. Search traffic […]
How To Demonstrate Expertise When You Have No Experience
Expertise but No Experience I have been hearing the mantra, “I have a lot of expertise but no experience. How do I get people to give me a chance?” You may be pivoting into a new area where you have a lot of expertise from that Masters degree you just attained, you have life skills […]
Fear is at the Heart of Our Problems in Making a Change
Fear of Making a Change I have had numerous conversations over the last several weeks and the common theme has been fear. It is the fear of making a mistake, fear of not knowing what to do, fear of getting stuck or just the fear of making a change. Fear has everyone paralyzed. Fear is […]