Posts Tagged ‘Career Change’

Charting a New Career Course

February 2nd, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

You’re not that crazy about your job and where it’s leading (or NOT leading).  Other jobs or careers interest you, but you prefer to avoid making the proverbial out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the fire mistake.

So what do you do now?

Speaking as a person who has made the frying-pan-fire transition at least twice and had 5 majors in 5 years of undergraduate study (I’m interested in everything!), this is not a simple question to answer, particularly when you are working full time.  Or, when you are looking for a job full time.

My advice:  Try, before you “buy!”

Having also been unfortunate enough to discover in the last semester of my 2nd senior year in college when my student teaching experience convinced me teaching high school American History or English was probably the last thing I wanted to do, trying a job before you are committed to it is smart.

So, how? (more…)

Involuntary Change Can Be Good!

January 18th, 2010 by Susan P. Joyce

Sometimes change we don’t want, change we may even fear and dread, can be very good for us in the long run.

Disasters

I was reminded of this yesterday.  Because of a broken sprinkler head in the office next door in October (!), my office was flooded, and, after 12 weeks of everything-in-boxes, the new floor and carpeting were finally installed Friday.  While we sat out in the hall, surrounded by boxes and office furniture – without the computers or Internet (EEK!) connected -  we decided to  reorganize the layout of the office.

By mid-afternoon, we were back (still in boxes), but with a wonderful new layout in the office!  I’m now SO HAPPY that sprinkler head broke in October.  If it hadn’t, we’d still have the old, inefficient layout (unchanged in 12 years).  Of course, now we must to unpack, but we’ll be going through the stuff in the boxes, and (I’ve been informed) throwing out old useless stuff and shredding old documents.  Gee, that does sound like fun…

But we’ll be happier, more efficient, and have much more room when we’re done. (more…)