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A simplistic view but worth reading is this book: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-...dp/B004CR6AM4/ Related... and it just might be what you need... New cheese. |
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Moving is not easy and changing careers is not easy. On the other hand new challenges are what keep me going. Moving to a new city is a learning experience; starting a new career is a learning experience; staying in the same career and moving to another state and losing all of your clients is a learning experience. When the learning curve drops I am glad to try something new. Is it painful for a while? For sure. But in the long term I see nothing but benefits.
The one mistake I made career wise was returning to a previous job. The money was decent for the place I lived, but I was not learning anything new. I suppose another mistake was both times I left that job I cashed in my retirement. But the retirement funded my moves and career changes. I think networking (means different things to different people), working hard, good values and common sense are important in developing new opportunities. My networking has been very informal. My parents did not got to college and I am not the fraternity type so I did not make those connections in college. But if you are good at your job and outside of your job do things you enjoy with others you will make connections. You did not need to force networking. Jeff |
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The term "Networking" to me is almost synonymous with nepotism. I've seen it in my business with internal job promotions though a bit less with getting hired from the outside because the industry in which I work has really tried to stamp it out. But internally it still happens.
My life's journey has been quite different than a lot of people and networking was never going to be a calling card for me and it's always bothered me to see less qualified people move up because of who they knew, not what they knew or what they could produce. |
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Let’s keep it modern, because as has been pointed out, times have changed enough between the boomers’ job search to the millennials’ to ignore pilgrims and western settlers... |
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Such a shedding is happening now at four locations here, early retirement packages and outright layoffs . With GM and now my immediate area there does seem to be some truth in the belief of an oncoming downturn. Some if us have felt hardship of jobloss, in my current situation those with the most years of service are being targeted in a right to work state. It's not easy for people just to pick up and go, even harder when you're older. Good for the ones who did move and prospered but have some understanding for those that find it harder to do. Looks like the bear market will roar next year. |
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The life expectancy in the 1840s (for white men in Massachusetts) was 40 years. By those standards you'd, I'm guessing, be dead. (And this forum would have 75% fewer curmudgeons.) In the territories it was closer to 30 years. Anthropology teaches that most risk taking individuals do fail, and die doing it, and thereby discourage the majority from taking certain risks. We're a developed country, not a colony bordering wilderness. How does modern society benefit from demanding that workers assume all the risk in finding work? Last edited by 93KgBike; 12-08-2018 at 03:03 PM. |
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Personally, I could never work in a job like yours where everyone gets paid the same. I want to be paid based on how I perform. I don't think employees should be paid based on seniority either. Disagree with most teacher pay systems. Jeff |
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I am paid the same rate as someone with the same longevity but our paychecks might look quite different. Again, as to performance, it’s essentially impossible to pay based on that in my work. Incentivizing it would cause people to take risks or shortcuts, something we actively discourage in my business. |
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Where this eventually brings us as a society is one with little or no social mobility. Historically, Europe scored poorer for social mobility than the US ,and its economy suffered for it. Now, I think the US is scoring poorer for social mobility and it surely will have impact down the line. For a increasing portion of the US population, the American dream is dead. Last edited by verticaldoug; 12-09-2018 at 10:56 AM. |
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Agree 100%..these next 2 years are going to be 'interesting'..buckle yer seat belt.. #muelleriscoming
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As someone who lost a job in the last quarter of 2008, I can tell you how amazed I was at how myopic McCain was about the whole situation. Watching the whole thing unfold in real-time, he just didn't seem to get it or acknowledge it in any substantial way until the election was too far away from him. Yep - that, and that Sarah problem....
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