My most recent career change (adding a second business, Costa Rica FIRE) turned one earlier this year. Where are you with your dream career? In a recent Forbes post, I shared five ways to get started on a dream career with little time or money. Even the wrong first step is better than no step because it
After several years at a top management consulting firm, my engineer client moved rapidly up the ranks of a start-up from operations to project management to head of business development, until slow growth and slower fundraising made him realize that he not only was not going to have the big exit story to tell at
Monet asked: How do you start over with no education at 40? I love getting questions from the newsletter readers because then I know what topics to cover in the blog. So first of all, thank you, Monet! What immediately caught my attention was how the question was focused – starting over, no education, at age 40.
If you’re attempting a career change — from one industry to another, from one functional role to another, from a sabbatical or family leave to getting back to work – you will be telling employers, recruiters, and others in your network your STORY. You are often asked for a general story: Tell me about yourself.
How do you leave a well-paying, stable job for a brand new career? Archith Seshadri did just that when he left a management consultant career to pursue journalism. He has since worked on-air, in print and digitally for CNN, CBS, ABC and currently Fox. I hear from many management consultants and other professionals in highly paid roles