Karina Gentinetta says her career reinvention was a soul-saving move. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home in 2005, she continued to work as an attorney and began restoring antiques as a therapeutic hobby. Four years later in 2009, Karina gave up her law-firm partnership and turned that hobby into a business. Having lost everything in…
Career Change
Job Hunting for Career Changers
Not sure we’d call these job search “rules” but there are some good points to consider. We still believe in the value of a well-crafted resume, however agree that networking to create opportunities is an essential strategy. Creative approaches such as putting together a job proposal could be the differentiator, though you’ll probably still need…
Midlife Career Change: from CEO to Police Officer
by Kirsten Meneghello, Now What® Facilitator One of the bravest things a person can do is make a dramatic career change while seemingly in the prime of their life. Although the person might be outwardly successful in what he or she is doing, earning good money and enjoying the respect of colleagues, they know deep…
WHAT YOU NEED MOST COULD BE THE CULPRIT BEHIND YOUR CAREER CONFUSION
Career Confusion? Yes, that back drop of unhappiness with no clear path to a better future. That nagging feeling that if you only liked your job better everything would be OK or even worse, the Herculean panic of being paralyzed in the gap between unemployment and a paying position that will crush your soul! Career…
Bored to Design
Like necessity, boredom is often the mother of invention. Such was the case for James Shields who, rather than remaining “bored to tears” was “bored to design”. Initially just doodles on work papers, his designs took on more importance when he started paying attention to them. This fueled his desire to be in an environment…
Seeds & Whims
“The seed was planted a long time ago.” That’s what Daniell Hepting now realizes as she recalls being impressed by dolphins as a child. But at that time she didn’t connect dolphins with a “real job” and after studying psychology and earning her master’s degree, Daniell began a career as an adolescent psychiatric social worker. …