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A Confrontive Career Coach

Career Change Ideas for Boomers

You’re older but want a new career. Some types of work are particularly Boomer- friendly. In some, your age is a plus. I describe a good number in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Careers and Workplaces for Liberals, Conservatives, and Libertarians

These days, we seem to be holding our politics quite dear. Passion used to primarily refer to sex but these days passion for or against Donald Trump may be as strong. Indeed, a Stanford study found that political kinship is a stronger bond between people even than race or religion.

So it may be worth identifying careers and workplaces in which you’ll likely find kindred spirits. Of course, that doesn’t replace the need for choosing a career that matches your abilities, skills, and interests, but political kinship is an under-considered data point. Hence, I offer some suggestions in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Career Change for Creatives

Some creatives decide they're not making enough money from their creative work acting, writing, painting, music, etc. So they decide to get a straight job. But what? And how can they make a straight employer take them seriously? And what sorts of careers are creatives wise to consider. I address those questions in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Career Change for Teachers

Had enough of the classroom? Perhaps you’re tired of dealing with students who don’t want to learn? Or of correcting sheaves of painfully bad student writing? Or of trying to motivate kids to work hard at an unrealistically challenging mandated curriculum?  Of teacher trainings that don't train well? Pushy parents or uninterested ones?  An unfair principal? Hand-tying administrative rules?

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers careers that are well-suited for teachers who want out, plus how to convince employers that "Those that camn, do, but those that teach can too."

Career Change for Therapists, Counselors, and Coaches Who Want Out

Maybe you’ve had enough of listening to clients complain? Or of their yes-butting? Or no-showing? Or of pleading poverty when you sense it’s untrue? Or of not paying? Or of clients’ lack of progress?

You’ve tried or considered career tweaks.Alas, nothing sufficiently has assuaged your malaise. So you want out, but you’re scared: “What else could I do?” Would anyone pay me decent money to do something else?”

I offer some possibilities in my PsychologyToday.com article today. 

Recovering from Big Mistakes: Career or relationship

We’re all subject to commitment bias. We commit to a career or spouse and understandably, it’s scary to change. It’s been said that the only person who likes change is a wet baby.

Sure, people change careers and people divorce, but at the risk of being contrarian, I don’t think they do it enough.

I make the case in my PsychologyToday.com article today and describe the low-risk baby steps you might take.
 

Changing Careers: Myths and Best Practices

I’m honored that I’ll be giving a Public Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley on the topic: Changing Careers: Myths and Best Practice. 

As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I share what I'm planning to say.

Marty Nemko Speaks at U.C. Berkeley Extension: Changing Careers: Myths and Best Practices

UC Berkeley extension occasionally opens its doors to the public to hear a talk. I am honored that for the 3rd time, I've been chosen to give this public lecture. The topic: Changing Careers: Myths and Best Practices. Oct 30, 6:30 PM. It's free but you must register: HERE is the link.

Career-Change Stories

I began writing my PsychologyToday.com article today by profiling a few of my clients who succeeded in changing careers. 

But on reflection, I decided that you might find greater value from composite examples with nuggets drawn from among the literally thousands of clients I've worked with over the last 30 years.

Should You Change Careers or Merely Pivot?

As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I've posted an edited transcript of my exchange with a caller to my radio program today. It offers thoughts for anyone thinking they want to dramatically change their life.

A Waiter Wants to Change Careers

Despite a learning disability, a client of mine got a bachelor's degree in sociology  from a prestigious public university.

That was 15 years ago. Since then, he's been a waiter and desperately wants a new career. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I describe our first session.

Cries for Help to My Radio Program: A career changer and a procrastinator.

On my KALW-FM (NPR-San Francisco) radio program, listeners call in for help with a career problem. As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer the transcript of two calls from the most recent program

A Strategy for Changing Careers

A 56-year-old caller to my KALW-FM (NPR-San Francisco) radio program wants to change careers. Our exchange may offer clues to help you in finding work that’s right for you. 

As my PsychologyToday.com article today, I provide the transcript of our exchange.

When is Good Good Enough?

We're always having to decide when good is good enough.

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer guidance on how to make that decision regarding whether to quit your job, change careers, get serious with a romantic partner, rent that apartment, etc. 

My Career Coaching Clients' Year-End Musings

Here at year-end, I've asked some of my career coaching clients to take stock. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I post some their musings.

Anatomy of a Career Counseling Session

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I demonstrate a few elements of my typical process with a client who wants to change careers.

A Workover: 60, Unemployed for Four Years, Alcoholic Seeks New Career

On my NPR-San Francisco radio program, I do Workovers. Callers call in with a career-related problem.

I've been posting edited transcripts of Workovers that might interest PsychologyToday readers. Today's offering is my exchange with a 60-year-old alcoholic who has been unemployed for four years and wants to make a radical career change.

A Workover: A Successful Man Wants to Chuck it All

On PsychologyToday.com, I've been posting edited transcripts of calls into my NPR-San Francisco radio program looking for a solution to their worklife problem. I call them Workovers. Here's today's offering.