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Are You Leading Your Life
or an Actor In Your Own Drama?
Well, the economy is getting worse. Every night when you turn on the
news the lead story is about how bad the economy was today.
Viewers could use information on how to make things better for
themselves or examples of others who are triumphing during these
hard times. But our brains are not wired to show the same level of
interest in warm stories as they do in things that frighten us. Hence –
the news on the failing economy is jarring enough to draw not only our
interest but the dollars of advertisers that keep television journalism in
front of us on a daily basis.
The real question is, what are YOU going to do about how the
economy is affecting your life right now? You know the specifics of the
nation’s financial systems and how they are weighing on your
personal situation. You know the expert predictions of where we are
headed. But guilt about not having pulled money out of the stock
market early enough and worry about what will happen to the fraction
of your investments left there are not going to change where you are
right now? Blaming yourself for not switching careers earlier and
lamenting over the fear of not finding the kind of opportunities you
would like is not moving you closer to peace. Are you leading your
life? Or are you an actor in your own drama?
The fact is that job opportunities are declining in just about every
sector of the United States with the exception of healthcare and
government. Are there opportunities in those areas for you? I think
there are opportunities in those areas for just about everyone. If you
have worked in marketing, finance, public relations, information
management, sales, research or many other professions, you have
transferable skills that will translate to any industry – especially
healthcare and government. Someone has to keep the books.
Someone has to do the research for university health science
programs. Someone has to court new physicians to partner with
hospitals and sell health insurance to industry and the general public.
The difficult part about these opportunities is finding them.
Government jobs are not listed in the newspaper and often healthcare
opportunities get listed internally or on Internet career sites and are
filled before they would reach the classified ads. Additionally, the
general public is not aware of the scope of healthcare jobs.
Government employees stay in their jobs longer than most other
Americans. There is sufficient room for career advancement, the
benefits are attractive and employees are rarely laid off. To access the
list of federal, state and local government jobs in your area go to www.
federaljobsearch.com.
If you are seeking an opportunity in healthcare, think not only about
hospitals. Doctors’ practices have grown in size to include dozens of
physicians at a time. These practices are businesses with the same
needs as any small business. They are now employing marketing
professionals, full time information systems specialists and finance
professionals. As the baby boomers age, there is an increasing
number of independent and assisted living facilities as well as
hospices. The healthcare industry also encompasses insurance
companies for health and long term care insurance. Search the
Internet career sites such as such as Monster.com or CareerBuilder.
com using these categories to find additional opportunities.
If you are unemployed, you might want to contact the human resources
offices of healthcare entities and related service industries to offer your
services on a contract basis. This will save them the cost of another
full time employee and help you earn income during your “meanwhile”
time. Be able to describe measurably what you have accomplished in
your field and suggest ways that you might help them. “I am able to
write and design any external marketing, educational or media
materials you might need.” Many people find that they enjoy the
flexibility of freelance work enough that they do not return to full time
employment. Visit Elance.com and Sologig.com for more freelance
opportunities.
Henry Ford said, ‘If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a
thing, you're right.’ What are you right about? Where can you start
TODAY that will keep you from the useless emotions of worry and
guilt? Start now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin
on Balance" by clicking here.
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Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a
stay-at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on
to become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive director,
public relations consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View
Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at
www.startingovernow.com. Sign up for her free e-newsletter by
emailing her at info@startingovernow.com.
or an Actor In Your Own Drama?
Well, the economy is getting worse. Every night when you turn on the
news the lead story is about how bad the economy was today.
Viewers could use information on how to make things better for
themselves or examples of others who are triumphing during these
hard times. But our brains are not wired to show the same level of
interest in warm stories as they do in things that frighten us. Hence –
the news on the failing economy is jarring enough to draw not only our
interest but the dollars of advertisers that keep television journalism in
front of us on a daily basis.
The real question is, what are YOU going to do about how the
economy is affecting your life right now? You know the specifics of the
nation’s financial systems and how they are weighing on your
personal situation. You know the expert predictions of where we are
headed. But guilt about not having pulled money out of the stock
market early enough and worry about what will happen to the fraction
of your investments left there are not going to change where you are
right now? Blaming yourself for not switching careers earlier and
lamenting over the fear of not finding the kind of opportunities you
would like is not moving you closer to peace. Are you leading your
life? Or are you an actor in your own drama?
The fact is that job opportunities are declining in just about every
sector of the United States with the exception of healthcare and
government. Are there opportunities in those areas for you? I think
there are opportunities in those areas for just about everyone. If you
have worked in marketing, finance, public relations, information
management, sales, research or many other professions, you have
transferable skills that will translate to any industry – especially
healthcare and government. Someone has to keep the books.
Someone has to do the research for university health science
programs. Someone has to court new physicians to partner with
hospitals and sell health insurance to industry and the general public.
The difficult part about these opportunities is finding them.
Government jobs are not listed in the newspaper and often healthcare
opportunities get listed internally or on Internet career sites and are
filled before they would reach the classified ads. Additionally, the
general public is not aware of the scope of healthcare jobs.
Government employees stay in their jobs longer than most other
Americans. There is sufficient room for career advancement, the
benefits are attractive and employees are rarely laid off. To access the
list of federal, state and local government jobs in your area go to www.
federaljobsearch.com.
If you are seeking an opportunity in healthcare, think not only about
hospitals. Doctors’ practices have grown in size to include dozens of
physicians at a time. These practices are businesses with the same
needs as any small business. They are now employing marketing
professionals, full time information systems specialists and finance
professionals. As the baby boomers age, there is an increasing
number of independent and assisted living facilities as well as
hospices. The healthcare industry also encompasses insurance
companies for health and long term care insurance. Search the
Internet career sites such as such as Monster.com or CareerBuilder.
com using these categories to find additional opportunities.
If you are unemployed, you might want to contact the human resources
offices of healthcare entities and related service industries to offer your
services on a contract basis. This will save them the cost of another
full time employee and help you earn income during your “meanwhile”
time. Be able to describe measurably what you have accomplished in
your field and suggest ways that you might help them. “I am able to
write and design any external marketing, educational or media
materials you might need.” Many people find that they enjoy the
flexibility of freelance work enough that they do not return to full time
employment. Visit Elance.com and Sologig.com for more freelance
opportunities.
Henry Ford said, ‘If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a
thing, you're right.’ What are you right about? Where can you start
TODAY that will keep you from the useless emotions of worry and
guilt? Start now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin
on Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “It’s Not Who You Know It’s Who knows
You” and “Goals - What They Did for Me” go to: http://www.
startingovernow.com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a
stay-at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on
to become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive director,
public relations consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View
Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at
www.startingovernow.com. Sign up for her free e-newsletter by
emailing her at info@startingovernow.com.
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better productivity, or you are in a life transition you represent the
people and organizations Executive Leadership Coach Mary Lee has
helped. Learn how to clarify direction, create strategy, upgrade skills,
optimize your environment and wipe out fear and doubt. Make it fun =
get more done!
Mary Lee’s strategies from her book “Starting Over” helped her in her
own transformation from stay-at-home mother with four children living
a country club life to the reality of a difficult marriage, divorce, poverty,
welfare and then on to president and CEO. Eliminate self doubt, under-
performance, money fears, relationships woes, and negative influence
so that you may soar. Then lead others to improve their lives and your
business. Start now! For a FREE introductory coaching session via
phone email info@startingovernow.com.
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to help you:
1. United States of America's
primary source on career
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2. Wage Estimates
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3. Organize Your Job Search -
Post a Question etc.:
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Handbok 2008-09 by Bureau of
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to help you:
1. United States of America's
primary source on career
information:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates
www.salary.com and Bureau of
Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job Search -
Post a Question etc.:
www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine.co
m
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_toolbox
.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
10. U.S. Government's Free
online courses, webinars and
podcasts for workforce
development:
www.onetacademy.com.
11. Occupational Outlook
Handbok 2008-09 by Bureau of
Labor and Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.ht
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