Where are all the Jobs?: Are You Ready for Career Change?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Are You Ready for Career Change? | Career Rocketeer

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:30 AM PDT

The new world of work, jobs and careers has shifted for sure and will continue to at warped speed! It's our current radical reality and one that must be taken very seriously.
Both career changers and career educators face this new challenge. New rules, new tools, new approaches are all the order of today.
Are you developing your "relentless changer" skills?
Consider these statistics, which JT O'Donnell, Career Expert and Founder of Careerealism.com, recently posted:

23-year all time job satisfaction low according to Harvard Business School.
84% of Americans plan to look for new jobs in 2011 per Business News Daily.
9%+ unemployment rate with it not expected to drop more than a point this year according to the Wall Street Journal.
7 1/2 months and climbing is the average length of unemployment as stated by the U.S. Department of Labor.
13M+ Americans out of work according to latest U.S. Labor Statistics.

Where are you in all this? Are you a malcontent? Career changer? Budding entrepreneur? Currently in business and ready to shift it up?
I wrote a book, Career Transition-make the shift, where I offer my personal story of transition, other powerful examples and profiles, my key lessons and a practical 5 step process to help you get from where you are to where you want to be! I made a thoughtful, deliberate, voluntary career change in August 2006, slightly ahead of the curve but nonetheless right in the sweet spot of the career movement now. I continue to evolve my vision, goals, services and how I deliver them.
Are you ready to make the shift? A successful career change starts with these five steps:

Discover your passion
Uncover your key skills and qualities
Reinvent and adapt them to new career possibilities
Rebrand a new, fresh version of you and your business
Rebirth yourself both online and in person!

Now is one of the most opportune times to become an entrepreneur. If you have a smart phone, computer and a marketable idea, you can be in business in 10 minutes. The hard part is building that clear, bold personal brand so you will stand out. Put your stake in a space and build your credibility, authority, reputation through social media marketing and in person networking.
If not now when?
You can buy the book and Get the 28 page companion CAB-career action book journal FREE!

Guest Expert:
Deborah Shane is an author, entrepreneur, radio host and expert. She is the heart and soul of her business education and professional development company, Train with Shane and is in her third year of hosting a weekly business radio show on blogtalkradio.com. She writes for several national business, career and marketing blogs, and websites including smallbiztrends.com, careerealism.com, Internationalbusinesstimes.com, Smartbrief.com and teachstreet.com. Her new book Career Transition-make the shift-the 5 steps to successful career reinvention is available now on Amazon.com. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Blogtalkradio @Deborah Shane, or visit www.deborahshane.com.