Archive for July, 2009

Moving to Australia and need career advice?

I work as a manager for a contract caterer in London UK and am Moving home to Australia in a year. I do all the HR, Due Diligence, Accounts, Orders, Client liason etc. I was wondering what work might be suitable in Australia that is well poaid and not just pot washing.
Australia of all places?
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You Have to be a Little Crazy to Make the Dramatic Career Change to your Dream Job

Regardless of what profession you are in, you may want to make a career change to something better — particularly a dream job or unconventional business that you have thought about for some time. Remember that there is no such thing as a perfect job or business, however.
There will always be barriers and adversity [...]

Baby Boomer Career Change -Take a Lesson From the Needy

A baby boomer career change requires more wisdom now than at any other time. Workplace and personal change may have occurred without complete approval. Some may have found genuine fulfillment managing a regular and highly approved voluntary task providing help to the needy. Many are still searching within an environment of beautiful gardens, expensive [...]

Top 10 Excuses for not Making a Dramatic Career Change to your Dream Job

Confucius, who had much stronger credentials than I will ever have, shared his thoughts on the subject of career change by remarking, “Find a calling you love and you will never work a day in your life.” Unfortunately, few people ever find work that they truly love.
Working at your dream job may sound great, but [...]

Take the Career Change Challenge and See if You’re Ready to Start your Own Business

Everyone gets stuck in a rut professionally at one time or another. Sometimes it’s just a temporary state of mind, which passes quickly and you soon find yourself back on track after a weekend off or a holiday break. But what happens when that feeling inside does not pass? You start to [...]

Make That Career Change Before you Become Brain Dead!

It’s never too late or too early, for that matter to make a career change, to be what you might have been. While no dream job is perfect, there should be one that suits you much better than the conventional job you presently have particularly if it doesn’t inspire you just thinking [...]

I’m a psych major and I want to work with babies/young children but not troubled ones; any career advice?

I love psychology but I would prefer to not work troubled babies or children. I am very open to any career suggestions because I am willing to go to post undergrad school and not necessarily dealing with psychology.
I do not want to work in day care.
I’ve looked into speech therapy a little bit but [...]

How to Choose MBA for Midlife Career Change (and Avoid Midlife Career Crisis)

Clients considering a midlife career change often call with the question, “Should I go back to school for another degree? So I wasn’t surprised to find an article in a major business journal, featuring a Q&A around the question, “Should I get an Executive MBA after 50?”
Frankly, I wonder why the question even comes [...]

Seattle Supersonics – A History

On December 20, 1966, Los Angeles businessmen Sam Schulman and Eugene V. Klein and a group of minority partners were awarded the NBA franchise for the city of Seattle. Schulman would serve as the active partner and head of team operations. Named the SuperSonics, they were Seattle’s first professional sports franchise. Beginning play in October [...]

True It Is, Without Falsehood, Certain and Most True

True it is, without falsehood, certain and most true.
For a journalist at a weekly paper, especially one as small as the Carrier, The Day the Paper Comes Out is a day of rest. I usually strolled into the office around eleven, caught up on correspondence, read all of the magazine articles I hadn’t been able [...]