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Can Cosmetic Surgery Improve Your Career?

A news segment popped up, "Career Change and Cosmetic Surgery," while I was dutifully riding the stationary bike at the health club. This is the latest twist on the down economy and the slumping job market, apparently. Not surprisingly, the segment featured only women. By all measures, the economy has... Read more →

Mid-Life Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Time For an Encore Career?

Year end is often a time for reflection. This year brought changes of historic proportions. Some good but also challenging on many levels, especially for midlife boomers. You may be considering a lifestyle change, a midlife career change, having an identity crisis or looking for that "encore career". Boomster.com is... Read more →

Struggling Through Midlife

If yesterday's post was a little flip regarding the very real anxiety men feel in today's economy, I offer another voice for career change help. He's H. Les Brown, a career change consultant, and he writes about midlife mastery and career change. His latest article focuses on two key factors... Read more →

Starbucks' Mid-Career Crisis Starbucks is hitting some resistance to its phenomenal growth. Same store sales are down, the CEO has publicly questioned the dilution of the brand and side offerings are getting lukewarm reception in the market. Is Starbucks going through a mid-life crisis? Sounds similar to a corporate mid-career... Read more →

Job Burn Out or Midlife Crisis? That boring job should sound an alarm, according to Phyllis Korkki, NY Times career coach. A twenty-year career coincides with midlife if you started that job in your twenties. If you're career isn't changing after 40, I would become suspicious. But just because your... Read more →

Do What You Love & You'll Probably Starve This provocative title is counter to the myth of the Baby Boomer generation: Do what you love and the money will follow? How many middle aged people love what they do? Money, while important, takes on less importance. We're all headed for... Read more →