Making a Career Change – Where to Now?
If you are considering a career change you are not alone. There are record numbers of people around the country doing the same thing as the economy and the layoffs have caused many people to search for new ways to make a living. But what do you do next? How do you decide the next move so you do not end up repeating the same cycle all over again? This is not the first down turn our economy has seen and won’t be the last. So learn from the experience of others on how to make a positive change for you and your family. Let’s start with what not to do. Resist the urge to go to job sites and apply for everything. It’s tempting thinking there is strength in numbers, but that type of approach leads to watered down results. If you do happen to get a call back, chances are you will not be able to remember who they are and which job they are talking about. Worse yet they may offer you a job that pays half of what you need to make, wasting valuable time in your job search. Changing careers can be
