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Career Transition: Top Five Tips for Changing Careers over 40

January 31st, 2012

By Lincoln

Changing your career at any age can be a nerve wracking experience. Gone are the days where people work for the same company from college until retirement; changing careers at midlife is more common than ever. Changing a career is a process that can be fun, self-awakening, and can give you a new zeal for living. Get started today and ask the people who care the most about you to give you the support you need.

1. Take an inventory of your skills. You can start simple by making a pro/con list of your latest career, volunteer activities, and hobbies. This can give you a big picture of what you like and enjoy and can get you thinking about your skills used for hobbies or volunteering and incorporating them into your career. You can also find many » Read more: Career Transition: Top Five Tips for Changing Careers over 40

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Career Tips: Looking for a New Job? Try a Skilled Trade

January 16th, 2012

By Michael O’Reilly

Losing your job can be difficult, at best. How you deal with your loss will determine how you come out of the situation. Will you wallow in self-pity or will you pull yourself up and head back to school? Earning a degree or certificate is one of the best ways you can spend your newly found free time. There are skilled trade jobs that, even in the midst of a recession, will always be necessary.

If you’re looking for a new career and are wide open to possibilities, look no further than these top five skilled trade jobs:

Welding

Various industries utilize welders as part of their day-to-day operations. There is currently a » Read more: Career Tips: Looking for a New Job? Try a Skilled Trade

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Career Transition: Follow Your Dream and Passion And Become A Graphic Designer

January 8th, 2012

By Jemma Scott

If you enjoy brands, conceptualizing the look and feel behind the brand and the brand logo and have a passion for creating visually aesthetically designs, then the thought to become a graphic designer may have crossed your mind. The role of a graphic designer is to create designs be it for a web site, an ad campaign or a certain brand that prompts attention, appeals to a certain target market and is aesthetically appealing while communicating an ideal or object. In this article we will give you some steps to become a graphic designer so we can send you off on your designing career.