Many professionals start strong but struggle to define themselves when they arrive at the “middle” of their career tracks. Early career moves may have pointed them toward other paths than they imagined, or obstacles may keep them from where they would like to go. This could mean taking on new responsibilities, supervising and mentoring young professionals, pursuing further education, or taking different approaches to your career altogether.
So what can you do when you arrive at the midpoint of your career, to successfully manage career transitions?
We’ll talk about mid-career transitions with Caroline Ceniza-Levine, career expert, writer and speaker, co-founder of SixFigureStart. Caroline has 16 years of experience in professional services as a management consultant and executive and corporate recruiter. She has recruited for leading companies in media, financial services, management consulting, pharmaceuticals and technology. A career columnist for CNBC.com,Vault.com, Wetfeet.com, and Forbes.com, as well as an adjunct assistant professor of Professional Development at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Caroline is the co-author of “Six Steps To Job Search Success” and of the best-selling “How the Fierce Handle Fear: Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times” Her career advice and job market insights have been quoted on CBS, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, NBC News.com, Newsweek.
Please join us at 11 am ET Friday!
SixFigureStart offers career coaching by former recruiters. Their coaches have hired thousands of people and know firsthand what employers really want. Founded by two professionals with over 40 years of combined HR experience. More information can be found at the links below.
Twitter hashtag chats are a great way to get people talking about different topics, and there are great examples out there (#sachat and #jobhuntchat come to mind) that have brought people together to talk about professional development and job searching.
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be helping to moderate a new Twitter chat, devoted exclusively to job search issues in Student Affairs, with “Sarah Searcher” (not her real name) from TheSASearch.Tumblr.Com. “Sarah,” who has until recently been job-searching herself, created the blog as a place where candidates could share their experiences, perspectives and advice about the Student Affairs job search.
We crossed paths on Twitter, and I sent her a message a while back asking if she’d be interested in getting this chat going. So we will be having our first one this week, and weekly after that, on Wednesdays from 11:30.-12:30 Eastern time!
How to join in the fun? Log on to Twitter or use a program like TweetGrid or TweetChat to search for the hashtag #sasearch. We’ll post questions, listed as “Q1, Q2, Q3, etc.” Write in and join the conversation. Afterwards, visit TheSASearch or this site for transcripts.
What value do you place on free professional development and networking events, like free webinars, hashtag chats on Twitter, and free in-person career events?
We’ll talk about some of these ideas and hopefully share perspectives on free professional development and networking, in contrast to specialized help you pay for, formalized mentoring, short courses, books. etc.
Call in and let me know what you think!
I’ll be talking about a new upcoming hashtag chat I am putting together with #SASearch which will be entirely devoted to job search issues in student affairs. We’re hoping to start next week and have a weekly opportunity to discuss job search issues. We’ll be using the hashtag #sasearch and
Also, I’ll share of my experiences with webinar platforms, especially those that are free, including BigMarker, which I used this week, and others.
And finally, I am going to talk a bit about Hiring for Hope, a great non-profit here in Georgia which I volunteered for recently and about my fundraising campaign on FirstGiving to support this charity.
A good résumé can make all the difference in your job search. It either gets you in the door for an interview, or it fails to capture the screener’s attention and falls through the cracks.
I know firsthand that experience alone won’t carry you through the job search process. You have to place your qualifications in context and illustrate your unique skills if you are going to outline a successful argument.[
In a free webinar this Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on BigMarker.Com, I’ll outline some strategies for creating a résumé which flows well, is visually appealing, and has great content, to help you get the job you want.
BigMarker.Com is a new webinar service, and this will be the first event I am hosting there. My DimDim account recently expired, and that service was being phased out after DimDim was acquired by SalesForce.Com. I’ve been looking at other possibilities for hosting my webinars and for using for client coaching meetings held online. I would love it if you could attend and give feedback about the user experience. Some features that you would expect from a regular paid webinar service aren’t yet available on BigMarker. I have also looked at GoToWebinar, WebEx, FuzeMeeting and FreeScreenSharing (a service by the same people as FreeConferenceCall.Com.)
I will be recording the webinar and if all goes well, will make it available afterward as part of an upcoming members area of my site. At the end of the webinar, I will be giving a sign-up link to attendees who would like to get more résumé resources via e-mail, and announcing a special on résumé coaching services for those who sign up through the special link.
Sign up now for the webinar, and tell your friends, too. It’s free, so you really have nothing to lose. I hope you’ll attend and that we’ll connect on the webinar!
Adjunct teaching positions occupy an interesting space in the higher ed job market. As such, the advice you might get about how to identify potential opportunities, and how to make a case for your candidacy is likely to be different than advice you might get when looking for tenure-track faculty posts or administrative roles.
Add in the reality that many administrators look toward adjunct roles to get teaching experience, that experienced faculty who are not in tenured positions are likely to be competing for the same jobs, and that persons with industry experience are sought after in some disciplines, and the adjunct search can be mysterious and confounding.
In this week’s episode, Higher Ed Career Coach Sean Cook will talk with Sharon Thomas DeLay, the founder and president of Adjunct Solutions, LLC. She has over 15 years professional experience as it relates to education, training and human resources.
Adjunct Solutions is a niche staffing agency focused on building a candidate pool of pre-qualified, experienced, and enthusiastic adjunct faculty and other higher education professionals.
We’ll discuss the nuances of the adjunct job search, and get perspectives from Sharon about how candidates can put their best foot forward in the job search, and how institutions can benefit from working with a staffing agency to fill open positions.
Work with Sean. I help higher ed professionals take control of their careers with tailored services including resume and CV development, LinkedIn profile optimization and networking strategy, interview coaching, and one-on-one career guidance.
