CareerChange
Switching careers: photo editor becomes a nurse
10:00AM 8/16/2010
The jobs picture isn't getting better, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The private sector only added 71,000 new jobs in July but the overall economy lost 131,000, thanks to the loss of Census positions. Unemployment remains at 9.5%.
Despite these less than stellar numbers, some...
73-year-old man in second career as flight attendant
9:00AM 7/20/2010
A week doesn't seem to go by without my getting an e-mail like this:
"I've sent out a million resumes for jobs I'm overqualified for, paying money that will barely cover my dog food bills and I don't get a nibble. Clearly I'm meant to be doing something else, but what?"
Perhaps we all need to...
Switching Careers: leaving journalism for greener pastures
4:30PM 5/27/2010
News about the economy remains mixed. Unemployment went up to 9.9% in April but employers added 290,000 jobs. Job postings in health care dipped by 5% between April 2009 and April 2010 but increased in the 11 other industries that job search engine Indeed.com tracks, including education.
Welcome...
Switching Careers: Starting over again by helping others
2:30PM 3/12/2010
The employment picture may be brightening. The Department of Labor recently reported that job openings rose in January. Indeed.com, a jobs search engine, is seeing a similar rise, with job postings increasing in certain industries.
"Of the 12 major industries that we track, 10 of those had more...
Switching Careers: Retraining for hot jobs
10:00AM 1/15/2010
With employers shedding a surprising 85,000 jobs in December, experts fear many will be looking for work for years to come. For some, the answer may be to take a detour and switch careers. But before you make a move, do your research and consider what makes a good fit for you, recommends career...
Switching Careers: New paths in medicine and entrepreneurship
11:00AM 12/22/2009
Even before the recession started, Michigan was shedding jobs. It remains one of the hardest hit states, with the unemployment rate clocking in at 15.4%. Officials in Detroit, the state's largest city, believe their city's rate is as high as 50%.
As the automobile industry reinvents itself, former...
Switching Careers: Being your own boss
4:45PM 11/23/2009
The job picture has not brightened much since fall 2008, when Wall Street's troubles hit Main Street. But there's been one unexpected silver lining: people are trying their hand at being their own bosses, according to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity by the Ewing Marion Kauffman...
Do you want to make a career change but don't know how? Listen to Aaron Crowe, WalletPop editor specializing in careers and the job search, and Libby Gill, author of "You UnStuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-Taking at Work and Life" (Travelers' Tales/Solas House), talk about the first steps to...
The Job Hunt: Reporter's career change lands him in strip club
7:00PM 2/17/2009
Michael Precker admits he had a dream job while working as a reporter -- covering a war in Lebanon, interviewing interesting people and writing for one of the best newspapers in the country.
In the summer of 2006 he could see that dream job about to slip away as the Dallas Morning News announced a...
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