Category Archives: Career Planning

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  Midlife Crisis? Considering a Career Change? There’s a Reason for That…

  Posted on April 25, 2016 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Mid Career Transitions

  Has it hit you yet? The “midlife crisis?” The ‘oh ,crap, I’m halfway through my life and I think I’m on the wrong track’ realization? Are you thinking that it may be time for a midlife career change? And do you feel slightly crazy for having these thoughts? Okay… enough questions. Let’s get to some […]

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  Job Fit: Don’t Forget to Answer this Important Question

  Posted on April 11, 2016 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Mid Career Transitions

  When you were growing up, did you ever have anyone offer you career advice that was probably well-intentioned but way off the mark? “You should be a ________.” Fill in the blank with whatever job suggestion someone gave you that made you want to scrunch up your face and say “Do you even know me?” […]

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  The LOVE Mondays Formula

  Posted on March 14, 2016 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Employee Engagement

  TGIM – Thank God It’s Monday! Yeah, right… that’s not a thing, is it? Ryan Houmand, author of the book A Passion for Monday, acknowledges that it’s not. Based on the latest employee engagement polls, he says that seven out of ten workers hate Mondays. But he thinks he knows both why and what to do […]

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  Career Assessments: Who Should Use Them and What Can They Tell You?

  Posted on November 23, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Mid Career Transitions

  It’s always fun to ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. We often get answers like teachers, doctors, policemen, nurses, or ballerinas, don’t we? When’s the last time you heard a kid tell you that he wanted to be an architectural drafter, a nuclear medicine technologist, an urban planner, or a […]

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  Changing Careers at 40: You CAN Do It!

  Posted on October 22, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning

  If you’re thinking of changing careers at 40, let me start by saying this: You can do it! You’re not crazy. It’s not too late. You haven’t wasted your life up until now. There’s something about the age of 40 that makes us want to take a time-out and evaluate our lives. Professionally, we’re close […]

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  How to Choose a Career: 3 Things to Consider

  Posted on September 23, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning

  Choosing a career is one of most important decisions we make in our lives. It’s right up there with deciding who to marry and whether or not we will have children. The time you spend at work will represent over one-third of your adult life, so there’s a little pressure to get this one right. […]

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  Want to Change Careers? What Will You Be When You Grow Up?

  Posted on August 23, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Seems like a fair question for a kid, doesn’t it? I ask my kids that question all the time, and the answers frequently change. My oldest daughter has wanted to be a frog farmer (raising frogs with the goal of selling them to PetSmart), a […]

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  Choosing a Career: How Important is the Money?

  Posted on August 15, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Mid Career Transitions

  The last few years have been rather turbulent for the average American worker, haven’t they? As sick as we may be of talking about the economy and the recession, it’s difficult to avoid the subjects when it comes to talking about jobs and careers. Our country’s workforce has been battered as we’ve gone through this […]

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  Contemplating a Midlife Career Change? 5 Books for Your Review

  Posted on May 15, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning, Mid Career Transitions

  Are you contemplating a midlife career change? If so, you’re probably a little scared. Changing jobs, at any age, is a big deal, but… changing careers? That’s a new level of scary. If you’re to the point where you’re considering such a dramatic move, I don’t have to tell you that it’s not an overnight […]

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  Career vs. Calling: What’s the Difference?

  Posted on April 10, 2015 by Lisa Sperow in Career Planning

  Career vs. Calling: is there a difference? Yep, and it’s a big one. Think about this: Your career is what you’re paid to do; your calling is what you’re made to do. I’ve seen this quoted so many times that I don’t know who to give proper attribution to. But I love it just the […]

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