Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life - Softcover

Miller, Marc; Lahey, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988700522 ISBN 13: 9780988700529

Publisher: Career Pivot Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

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When you're in the second half of life, everything looks different, and your career is no exception. Did you miss the path to a really satisfying career? Is it too late to change? And what do you do about money in the meantime? The world is changing fast. Whole industries are being disrupted by technology, globalization is changing the boundaries of the workplace and nobody s sure what skills will be important tomorrow. If you re in the second half of life, you re experiencing your own shifts and upheavals, finding as we all do that things aren t as we thought they would be when we hit our 40s and beyond. You need a strategy to figure out where to go from here. Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life provides that strategy. Career design expert Marc Miller helps you repurpose your old career, using the experience you ve gained so far to make practical pivots into a new career. He teaches you to identify what you, uniquely, need for a happy work life in the long term. He gives specific advice on knowing yourself, building a tribe, networking strategically, using social media and interviewing successfully.

About this title

About the Author:

Marc Miller’s career journey included 22 years at IBM, several thriving tech startups, a painful stint as a high school teacher, a gig raising funds for the Jewish Community Association of Austin and a near fatal bicycle accident that changed his perspective forever. Thirty years of wandering the proverbial career desert, often repeating the same mistakes over and over, taught him his most crucial lesson: Most people don’t really know what makes them happy at their core, what fulfills them. They pursue money, status, a skill set, all of which provide some level of satisfaction, but not contentment. They wind up feeling frustrated and trapped. Others have figured out what they need, but don’t know how to chart a course to get there. An active member of the Launch Pad Job Club, Marc found himself counseling friends and associates on their career journeys and finally realized he’d found his vocation. He would use his extensive training experience to help others—especially Baby Boomers—find careers that they could grow into for the decades that lie ahead. Marc is passionate about his work and the clients he serves. He’s taught in more than 35 countries and helped clients from many industries.

Review:

Repurpose Your Career provides jobseekers of all ages with essential information and action steps that can transform their lives. The book should be seen as survival gear. It will help you navigate the deep questions such as: Do you even know what your talents are? What makes you love one job and not another? Do you know how to describe the kinds of environments that put you in the zone from a work perspective? As Miller writes: People tend to look at jobs from the perspective of salary and benefits but there are so many other things that matter. --Kerry Hannon, Work and Jobs Expert, author of Love Your Job: The New Rules of Career Happiness and Getting The Job You Want After 50

How can I find purpose and a paycheck in my next act? Figuring out what comes next is a journey. Marc Miller offers practical guidance and informed advice for anyone looking for both meaning and money in the second half of life. --Chris Farrell, author of Unretirement

If you're ready to pivot to a better career, don't miss the revised edition of Repurpose Your Career. It's an up-to-date guide that is filled with captivating stories and step-by-step strategies for taking control of your career - and your life. Smart, sensible and action-oriented, this is an important read. --Nancy Collamer, Semi-Retirement Expert and Founder of MyLifestyleCareer.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Career Pivot Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0988700522
• ISBN 13: 9780988700529
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141
• Illustrator: Amoakohene MamiSerwaa