Now is the time to begin your job search, after you have narrowed down your short-term career goal and decided on a few job titles that are a great match. This post will cover strategies for conducting a successful job search campaign from Chapter Eleven of The Purple Parachute. Since this chapter covers a lot of content, I will break … Read More
After a great Thanksgiving with family in Marietta, I headed to New York to spend a few weeks in my hometown of Larchmont before my family’s Christmas gathering. I loved staying with my Mom. She always spoils me with love and yummy food. I also spent time with other family members and reconnected with many childhood friends. At my age, … Read More
Execution is crucial. After all, we can daydream about a future career path, but until action is taken, it will remain a dream. If you’ve been following along with my blog, you have assessed yourself and found paths to pursue. You have conducted research and tested your assumptions. You have selected a direction for your next move. Now, you are … Read More
Our adventures in the RV over the past six months have been closer to Marietta and limited to short trips once a month. Below, I’ll share some of the places we visited in the fall months as the leaves were turning. Last September, we took a break at Gatewood Park in Bartow County, GA. It’s a convenient and easy trip … Read More
Now that you have done your research, it’s time to test out your assumptions. Career exploration includes trying out roles to see if they are a good fit. There are many ways to do this, as I will describe shortly. This method allows you to test drive before making a full career change. It can help you avoid committing to … Read More
After coming back from the Galapagos Islands, we returned to visiting places closer to Marietta, GA. Also, our situation with eldercare changed so that our RV travels would be less frequent for the foreseeable future. In fact, in late August, we took a trip without the RV to Asheville, NC. Jason’s brother lives about 30 minutes away from Asheville, so … Read More
Career exploration starts with research. Now that you have taken stock of your Values, Interests, Natural disposition, Exceptional strengths, and Skills (known as your V.I.N.E.S.) and you have come up with potential targets, it’s time to seek out information. The data you collect will help you narrow down your search. As you gather more facts, you may decide to remove … Read More
In my previous blog about the Galapagos Islands, I shared my overall observations. In this blog, I will share our itinerary of visiting three islands and two cities in Ecuador. Due to an unexpected, last-minute change of flight schedules (a “minor change” according to the airline), we had to suddenly leave a day early and return a day earlier than … Read More
Self-exploration can be very clarifying and help point you in the right direction for your next opportunity. Going through the A.S.T.E.R. Career Model offers a structured path for evaluating your Values, Interests, Natural disposition, Exceptional strengths, and Skills (known as your V.I.N.E.S.). After completing the assessment process, you should have personal insight and data on the types of jobs and … Read More
After traveling along the Southeastern US coastline for the first few months of the year, we parked the RV for a while and went to explore the faraway world of the Galapagos Islands. We lived the month of May there, celebrating a couple of major life milestones. The overused tagline “a trip of a lifetime” felt very true for this … Read More
