Podcast #233 – Elizabeth Sumner Wafler Tells Her Story of Making a Career Pivot Description: This week I am speaking with Elizabeth Sumner Wafler. Elizabeth is a former school teacher, an aspiring women’s fiction author, and an editorial and writing coach. Let me read you a snippet from her website: As an evocative writer, I […]
The State of Returnships in the Post COVID-19 World with Tami Forman [Podcast]
Podcast #229 – Marc Interviews Tami Forman, Executive Director of Path Forward, on the State of Returnships Description: This week I am speaking with Tami Forman Executive of Path Forward. Path Forward is a nonprofit organization on a mission to empower people to restart their careers after time spent focused on caregiving. We fulfill this […]
How to Be Engaging and Courageous on LinkedIn with Kevin Turner [Podcast]
Podcast #217 – Learn from Kevin Turner on How to Engaging and Courageous on LinkedIn to Revise your Personal Brand Description: Our guest speaker, Kevin D. Turner, is an organizational and personal branding phenom. After honing his skills at SONY, Stone VC, American Teachers, Thomas Nelson, and the AHA, he opened his own branding firm, […]
2021 Update – 2nd Chance Entrepreneur with the Owner of HouseSitMexico.com [Podcast]
Podcast #210 – Marc Again Interviews Alexandra Gordon, owner of HouseSitMexico.com Description: Alexandra Gordon is the owner of HouseSitMexico.com. Alexandra retired with her husband 10 years ago in Mexico, but a few years ago she had the opportunity to buy the domain “housesitMexico.com” and is now working on turning it into a thriving business. It is […]
Generation X has Entered the Over 55 Career Insecurity Zone
Career Insecurity Zone The oldest of Generation Xers are now over the age of 55 years and are entering a career insecurity zone. I am encountering older Gen Xers who are questioning their career path (just like baby boomers who started doing this 10 years ago). This is particularly true of those who have been […]
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 […]
Exit from Work – What Will the New You Look Like? [Book Review]
Exit from Work I’m a baby boomer and assumed that after working for the same company for many years, that retirement would be relatively simple. I would use social security or a company pension to fund my retirement. I did a lot of reading and research casually preparing for my retirement and slowly came to […]
2020 Career Pivot Readers Survey
2020 Career Pivot Readers Survey This year’s reader survey is kicking off early this year as I want to get the pulse of our community after 7 months of a pandemic that has been devastating for some, an uncomfortable experience for others, and a non-event for others. This year I will not ask you a […]
