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• How to Make Money While Looking for a New Job

  It’s easy for workers who have recently been laid off to quickly get discouraged, especially when faced with dismal economic news and grim job prospects. While traditional office jobs may be difficult to snag, there are many inspiring, nontraditional Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Cool Careers, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, Work

• Should You Accept a Counteroffer?

  My friend Anita Bruzzeze has a terrific post on the perils of accepting a counteroffer. You might not think this applies to too many people in this rotten economy, but you’d be surprised. The counteroffer dilemma is something that faces nearly every halfway Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Career Change, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Reviews & Promotions

• Words of Wisdom on Job Action Day

  To rally those who have lost their jobs or are facing possible job loss in the current devastated economic climate, Quintessential Careers has created Job Action Day . Job Action Day, which is today, aims to empower workers and job-seekers to take proactive Read More... Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Current Affairs, Job Hunting, Networking, Productivity, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Book Review: My So-Called Freelance Life

  I just got my official copy of my friend Michelle Goodman’s My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional. I say official because I had the opportunity to provide a back cover blurb a few months ago. I was happy to Read More... Posted Monday, October 06, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Career Change, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Handy Resources, Work

• Well-Oiled Career Transitions in a Down Economy

  A few months ago, I met Chandlee Bryan, a dynamic career expert who’s now blogging over at Career Hub . Chandlee’s new post on career change echoes many of the questions we advice types have been getting since the economy first started nose-diving. How Read More... Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Cool Careers, Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Life Balance, Productivity

• Should You – and Can You – Get a Temp Job?

  I’ll be honest. I always thought that going to a temp agency was a waste of time. This perception comes from the fact that when I was in college in the late 90s, I visited a few firms, filled out reams of paperwork, took a few computer tests, did several Read More... Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Work

• Ladies Who Launch Abound

  As many of you know, I am writing a new book on drastic career change to be published by Random House/Ballantine Books in 2009. I've been scouting out potential interviewees for a few months now, and I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon. There is Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship, Life Balance

• The Quest for Happiness with Gretchen Rubin - Continued

  Here’s the second part of last week’s interview with happiness expert Gretchen Rubin, who has a terrific blog called The Happiness Project and is currently working on a memoir about her own quest for happiness. Alex: Is happiness overrated? If not, why Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Career Change, Life Balance, Personal Development, Blogging

• Two Great New Books for New Grads and Not-So-New Grads

  Two new career-expert friends have terrific books out that are great companions to my latest effort, How’d You Score That Gig? Starting out, my fellow Ballantine author Pamela Skillings has written Escape from Corporate America , an extremely detailed Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Career Change, Handy Resources, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The One Time It’s Okay to Gossip

  What’s the one time it’s okay to gossip? When you’re looking for a job. Discussion of your job search should not be reserved for close friends/family or headhunters or official networking events. If you’re looking for work or thinking about looking for Read More... Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Job Hunting, Networking, People Skills, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 4 Tips for Scoring Your Dream Gig

  It’s finally here. My new book, How’d You Score That Gig?: A Guide to the Coolest Careers and How to Get Them , has just been released! The book starts with a quiz that tells you your job personality – be it an adventurer, creator, data-head, entrepreneur, Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• Career Issues When You'll Live to 100

  Ben Casnocha brought back to life a very cool commencement speech given by David Mahoney at Rutgers University in 1996. Mahoney, then chairman of the Dana Foundation , a brain research organization, provided some compelling tips about why young people Read More... Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Inspiring Story of an Incredible Career Switch

  This post continues the saga of my friend Phil , who just successfully transitioned from a career as an evening news producer to a sweet gig as the Director of Communications for the Ohio House Democratic Caucus. As you guys know, talking to people about Read More... Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Personal Marketing, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 3 Ways to Back-Up Your Life

  Since everyone’s been bemoaning the sorry state of the economy lately, I thought Lifehack’s recent post on how to “back-up” your life was particularly insightful. Author AJ West says that you should never assume that what you plan today will work for Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Ownership & Initiative, Technology, Troubleshooting, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Being Good is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

  My good friend from college, Phil Saken, recently switched careers. How he pulled this off actually makes a pretty remarkable story, which I’ll be sharing in more detail in the next week or so. But anyway, he had decided that his job as an evening news Read More... Posted Friday, January 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Discovering Your Passion, Ownership & Initiative, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals