From ducks to dialing - career change can work for you, too!

Patricia Kitchen, the career columnist for Newsday one of Metro New York's largest dailies, interviewed me and other career experts for an article on career change that ran this Sunday (3/4/07). As always, Patricia was right on the money.

The article has some great perspectives, tips, and real world stories of career changers who are everyday people who absolutely knew that they could no longer function happily in their old profession.

I especially like the story of the Long Island Ducks minor league baseball team manager who is now working in Manhattan with a tel-com start-up that's based in California. (And he got his job from an on-line ad--which is usually tough in transition.) Even working with a start-up he has time to be with his family and play golf--simple pleasures his high-intensity sports job did not allow. Nice!

Career change isn't easy--ever. But it's not impossible. And with today's technology tools giving us ever more ability to research and communicate, there's no need to put off working on a change if you need one.

As Liz Benuscak said in an earlier CareerHub post, figure out what's your particular genius. If you need help discovering your strengths and passions, or just navigating through them to determine a direction, check out some assessments--they really help. Susan Guarneri of CareerHub Is our resident "Career Assessment Goddess" and can steer you in the right direction.

There's a brighter future ahead if you want it badly enough. Go for it!

Posted by Deb Dib 

Comments

[susanguarneri]

You're right - career change isn't easy, but it is definitely do-able. By understanding your strengths, interests and passions, personality type, values, needs and goals, and personal brand, you can be well on your way to discovering and moving up in a career area that really "fits" you, pays you well AND gives you career satisfaction. Living every day with a job or career you really hate isn't easy either. So why not be proactive and do something about it?

Investigate other career options using the career assessment tools and services of a professional career counselor...what could it hurt to know? As a Certified Personal Branding Strategist and National Certified Career Counselor, I have assisted many individuals with making career transitions they had only dreamed possible into reality. It CAN be done, but it does take one more thing - courage. Are you courageous enough to "go the distance" for yourself?