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If you are one of the millions of people who get an unexpected pink slip, the fact that you are getting laid off can be terrifying. It doesn’t have to be that way, but many people don’t prepare themselves for the eventuality of a career change and prefer instead to coast through life. When market forces or a major illness interrupt their career, they may have no idea how to start a new career. Let’s be clear, you can switch into another career quickly, but not if you don’t plan your strategies way ahead of time. Once the emergency hits, you won’t have the calm head required to look at all your options objectively. So, don’t wait until something happens to force you out of your career, be proactive and start looking at ways to manage a potential career change even if your job seems as secure as the rock of Gibraltar. Continue reading →

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You don’t want to get to the point where you have been given notice and have absolutely no idea where to start looking for a job or even what jobs you qualify for. Always know what your skills are and how those skills apply to the present marketplace. This can take a review of your skills, yearly. This should be easy enough as that is normally done in your yearly review, with your supervisor. Keep a copy of all of your achievements and skills at home at all times.

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Besides a layoff, there are signals within us that tell us we’ve either been at a job too long or the winds of change aren’t in our favour. Learn how to start reading the elements of change to decide when you have to take notice and be proactive. You can look on this as an adventure to rediscovering the passion and ambition in your life. If you know how to successfully switch from one job to another, you can have the freedom to create a life of happiness instead of a life of drudgery. It will help to build your confidence and give you more life satisfaction. Continue reading →

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Young men starting in life should avoid running into debt. That’s a given. There is scarcely anything else that drags a person down like debt. It is a slavish position to get ill, yet we find many a young man, hardly out of his “teens,” running in debt (and yes, this has been going on for centuries as long as men and history could remember). Continue reading →