Many people are asking the question, “should I try and get a job with my old company”? Going back to a previous employer can be a tricky issue to deal with. The first question you have to ask yourself “on what terms did I leave and is there anything in my past that would prevent [...]
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A better way to job-search
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Unfortunately, marketing is one area in a downturn that generally gets hit hard and early with layoffs. To add insult to injury, marketing is generally the last group to start hiring once the economy turns around. Summer has arrived and for many of us there has just been a long weekend with a public holiday stretching things out until Tuesday. Meeting with clients over the last few days has reminded me just how much the weather can change our attitude to something even as important as looking for future opportunities. I cannot remember the number of times that someone has come into my office and said “That’s it, I’ve had enough being a “whatever” (substitute your own job title) and I need your help to move/change my career”. In today’s economic climate that is a tough choice to make as jobs are scarce and having a [...] Why don’t more technical people approach the job-search like a science problem? I mean they have been formally trained in analysis and logic, but few apply these skills to the job-search, and it shows…. In recent weeks I have met a number of people who are unhappy with their current situation and are concerned about looking for something new in case “The Boss Finds Out”. This is a follow-up to the does your career need an intervention blog post. How did you do? was that portrait fairly descriptive of you, just somewhat, or are you still in denial, maybe you’re none of those things I described. My blog post from last year asking if your job search needed an intervention, provoked a few emails, so as an extension I ask another question: Does your career need an intervention? What do you do if you are stuck in a job you hate? We mostly deal with the job-search, but in this economic climate, there is another group that must build/flex their ‘career management’ muscles – those that are ‘left behind’ (in jobs that they hate). I’ve had enough. As a sixty-something, if I hear one more 50-something complaining about age discrimination instead of doing something about it, I’m going to scream. |
Simon Clay Michael
 Barry Simpson 
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