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“You’re younger than me so you wouldn’t understand.” Your friend is right but if he thinks being younger means you don’t have career worries, he’s got a short memory. The conversation between you continued. “I’m looking over my shoulder at all these people younger than me. How can I compete with that?” A short silence fell while both your minds raced. His question went unanswered. [Walking & Talking - see more at Saundra's Flickr Photostream here ] “I’ve been laid-off before but it's different this time. I just feel like my luck has run out.” He finished talking. You considered your reply. You took ... Read Full Story

I was chatting with someone recently and they mentioned their personal career manifesto. It was made up of career-related beliefs and promises that this individual had made to himself. He recorded these key points by writing them down, with the full intention of living the beliefs and keeping the promises! [To the moon Alice!: see more at Saundra's Photostream here ] ✪ The more I thought about it, the more it interested me as a concept. It also appeared to fit quite well with the kind of strategic planning I complete with my clients as part of their career management process. I suppose the ... Read Full Story

Think about this question as you read his story: Is Alvin alone facing this challenge? Recently, Alvin became frustrated with his career because it felt to him like a series of false starts. To see if he could break out of this pattern, Alvin took the opportunity to look at his career as a whole. So what did he find out? Across all of his different work and jobs [and changes that ranged from the uniform he wore to the industry sectors he worked in] Alvin could find out what his experiences had in common. Studying his career as a whole, he could see ... Read Full Story

Why your judgement of others doesn't matter. Why your judgement of yourself does. In the exploration of career matters, are the above two sentences a breakthrough? Probably not. But for people everywhere - at any stages in their career - the two sentences above can describe a personal breakthrough moment that changes their future forever. [ Dolphin Emerging, "It's a bit out of focus but you can see him/her none the less. 3 of the swam right up next to the boat for several minutes but it was hard to predict when they would surface. Not having my SLR with me, I couldn't shoot ... Read Full Story

You may have joined in the fun over at JJL last week but if you didn't here are a few examples of real careers, expressed in one sentence. “I started out in recruitment, moved into people assessment & coaching; now I’m settled as a career coach, with the intention of remaining so until retirement!” “My career began in industrial packaging, and after a quarter century took a 90 degree turn in the direction I love, enabling me to help people put words together in ways that make their companies flourish.” "My career is all about using language to enhance life: teaching French to highschoolers, ... Read Full Story