Filed Under: Career Change

Published on: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Six-Figure Hotline: Network Past Education Bias

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: execunet, executive job search, dave opton, six-figure hotline, career change, bias, education, hr

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As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about issues that are important to executives today.

An ExecuNet member asked: "After over 15+ years of a successful career as a procurement specialist, considered a lobbyist/partner within the law firms where I was affiliated in DC, I am changing careers to business development and want to work in-house. Although I have worked with corporate CEOs, Presidents and Emirs, I find that my lack of formal education stops my application when it hits HR. I'm frustrated because in my field it's about delivery and not about your degree. How do I overcome this challenge?"

Published on: Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Personal Reinvention

Posted By: David Topus
Filed Under: job search, david topus, reinvention, career change, reinventing

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People think about the matter of "reinventing" themselves as some kind of epic event – that it takes great planning, preparation and courage to become something new. But, no matter where you are, and no matter what you're doing now, if you look back over your life you will see that you have reinvented yourself multiple times along the way in order to get where you are right now. In fact, you reinvent yourself every day, every time you do something new. And most of the time you probably don't even realize consciously that you're doing it.

How many times have you been given an assignment from your boss to take on a project you've never done before? Probably often, and yet each time you will have to figure it out for the first time. That means reinventing yourself into that capability.