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The Dread Question – Why Do You Want to Leave? [Book Chapter]

November 6, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

The Dread Question – Why Do You Want to Leave? Chapter from Repurpose Your Career – A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life It is all but guaranteed that somewhere in the interview process you will be asked the following question: “Why do you want to leave your current position?” Prepare an answer, […]

9 Audacious Career Enhancing Strategies for the Gen Xers in 2018 [Guest Post]

November 1, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

9 Audacious Career Enhancing Strategies Creating opportunities is the new job search for everyone in 2018. In 2017, you were offered sage advice (https://careerpivot.com/2017/10-career-experts-share-2017-baby-boomer-predictions/) about networking, entrepreneurship, and remote working. Some of you started using the strategies suggested but don’t forget – none of these are magic potions. Consider it like laundry: Wash, Rinse, and Repeat for […]

Have You Prepared Your Career for the Next Recession?

September 20, 2017 by Marc Miller 2 Comments

Prepared for the Next Recession? The next recession is coming! It is not if but when. Are you ready? Many of us have lived through 2 horrible recessions in the last 20 years. The dot-com bust hit us when many of us thought we had it made. Our retirement accounts were fat and we figured we would […]

Labor Market and Robotics. What Awaits Us? [Guest Post]

September 6, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Labor Market and Robotics A rapid development of technology brings us lots of advantages. High-tech devices have become so smart that now they’re able to aid us in many ways. Lost your phone? No worries because now you can easily track it. Need to write something down, but don’t have a notebook and a pen? […]

How to Protect Your Career from Future Extinction, Now [Video]

August 21, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

How to Protect Your Career from Future Extinction Many of us have read stories or heard tales of careers jobs that become inherently obsolete—extinct—due to the always-advancing nature of technology. This webinar recording, which I recorded for FlexJobs.com, talks about what to do if you find yourself facing obsolescence in your career and ways to stay relevant […]

Stealth Competitor? Wonder Why You Do Not Get Rewarded?

July 26, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Stealth Competitor? Are you a stealth competitor? If you are, you probably do not get rewarded the way you want. You may ask why? If you are really a stealth competitor then no one knows what you want. I was first to be introduced to the concept in my Birkman training. Later, I had a […]

What are Your Natural Talents and How to Find Them? [Updated]

July 17, 2017 by Marc Miller 4 Comments

Natural Talents? A quandary I find many people have is identifying their natural talents. They can tell you all about the skills that have acquired. We are paid to exercise our skills, which may or may not be built on top of our natural talents. If you are not sure of the difference between talents and […]

Learning to Say “No” and Not Feeling Guilty

July 10, 2017 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Learning to Say “No” My client, Karen, came to me a few weeks ago and told me she wanted to say “no” to a superior but was afraid of the consequences of that action. She was being asked to travel with a superior to a working meeting with a business partner. The trip was to fly up […]

Why Should you Avoid These Career Mistakes [Guest Post]

June 21, 2017 by Marc Miller Leave a Comment

Career Mistakes Everyone makes mistakes. We can learn from them a lot and prepare ourselves better for future challenges. Or, some people prefer to stay within the comfort zone and never get out in order to minimize the risk of committing something that’ll hurt their career. When it comes to careers, mistakes can be devastating. […]

Sales Strategies for Managing Your Career

June 19, 2017 by Marc Miller 1 Comment

Did you just say Sales Strategies to manage my career? Yes, you need sales strategies where your career is concerned. I am going to make the assumption that you are not a sales person. So, I am going to start with some basics. There are basically two types of sales persons. Hunter Farmer Hunter The hunter […]