High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Coping in a Toxic Work Environment

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• Coping in a Toxic Work Environment: "As difficult as a toxic work environment may be, never allow yourself to become less than who you are meant to be out of anger or spite for your current employer.  Always conduct yourself with integrity and always put in your very best effort toward the job you were hired to do."

• What Not to Do After a Job Interview: "Your interview could have gone spectacularly overall, but focusing on one or two things you could have done better will cause you to feel like the whole thing was a failure."

• 5 Smart Ways for Busy People to Stay Healthy: "Even little changes, like upping your daily step count by taking the stairs or parking further away from the entrance to your building, can improve your general health. The mentality that a workout has to be intense to matter is dangerous. Focus instead on fitting small, active bursts into your day."

• 5 Reasons Older Founders Are Generally More Successful: "the experimentally creative do not reach peak inventiveness until their mid-50s and have more than just that one eureka moment."
• Simple Ways Anyone Can Be More Creative:"No matter if you’re just starting out or you’re a seasoned pro, sometimes the best source of creative inspiration comes from others. Creatives often look to the best within their industry—the experts—to learn new techniques and come up with new ideas for their own work."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 4 Coping Strategies When You're Overwhelmed at Work

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 4 Coping Strategies When You're Overwhelmed at Work: "Learning to accept imperfection enables you to keep moving forward, and that’s precisely what you need to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed."

• These are the Jobs Older Workers are Looking For: "the most clicked-on job openings for workers over 62 (the earliest you can qualify to get Social Security benefits) are an assortment of construction and transportation positions."

• 4 Strategies to Schedule a Productive Workday: "While it may be tempting to tackle the easiest items on your to-do list first and save the more time-consuming and demanding tasks for later.... Instead, it's vital that you prioritize the tasks that will bring you the most benefit."

• 7 Skills That Aren't About to Be Automated: "if you have a reputation for excellence in a domain, it will feed on itself and give you preferential access to new knowledge and information because of your insider status."
• Best Beach Reads on Leadership: "In a world where we face the reality of digitalization and our increasing reliance on technology like artificial intelligence and augmented reality, the need for soft skills like empathy is vital"

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Never Say These Things During a Job Interview

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• Never Say These 11 Things During a Job Interview: "Don’t try to beat around the bush. Ask specific questions about company culture and team morale, and be direct."

• 7 Simple Habits to Make You a Remarkably Likable Boss: "If you maintain a positive attitude, however, you'll help your own employees realize a new world of perspectives--ones that will be much more productive than chronic pessimism."

• 30 Little Acts of Necessary Self-Care: "Being kind to yourself is one of those things that sounds easy in conversation but difficult in practice."

• 3 Ways to Practice True Leadership: "True leaders are the pinnacle of what they expect from the people around them. And by setting an example, true leaders encourage their people to aim for that."
• The No. 1 Reason Employers Want Older Workers: "Skills retention. It's something that many companies are now looking at with renewed vigor."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: How to Switch Careers Later in Life

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In the Forbes video below Kerry Hannon offers some steps to take to find a new vocation with meaning, before you retire from your old job.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career: "Paying attention to what engages and excites you, what lights you up, and what stimulates your intellect points you toward the tasks and situations that enable you to be your best self. That’s where you will thrive."
• 4 Things Older Job Seekers are Doing Wrong: "Rather than accept a position where you will resent the pay or walk away from an offer that is not up to snuff, consider ways to negotiate. See if you can bump up your benefits."
• How to Bring More Meaning to Your Life and Career: "As you make small changes, you begin to gain competence in living according to your values."
• 7 Steps to Master the Art of Persuasion: "The art of getting others to see things as you see them -- usually called persuasion -- is a key one for entrepreneurs, and it needs to be honed from the first day that you formulate your new idea."
• 5 Tips for a Successful Online Job Search: "People often don't realize how great the odds are stacked against job seekers for virtually every online advertisement."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Ready to Leave Your Job?

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• 14 Signs It's Time To Leave Your Job: "When you find that you’re spending less time with your family because of work, or you cannot commit the necessary time to your job, you should consider looking elsewhere."

• Tips for Merging on to Your Career's Smart Track: "To gain respect, you have to deliver. Do you consistently produce outstanding work, exceed expectations, go above and beyond what is expected, take initiative and simply work hard?"                                                      
• Please Stop Complaining About How Busy You Are: "If you're really up to your neck, it's very easy to find a scheduler, virtual or otherwise, to help put things on your calendar. Sometimes it's a matter of freeing up that time used for coordinating plans to actually doing them."


• 4 Ways Older Job Seekers May Circumvent Hiring Fears: "Demonstrate that your energy level and intellectual curiosity remain high. Talk about how import it is to be a top producer and why. At every step along the way demonstrate that you are up to date with your skills, and that you don't sit on your laurels."


• How These Famous Motivational Quotes Can Help You Succeed: "The only way you can become a leader is by setting a great example and by putting together a team that is pulling together in the same direction and towards the same target."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Happiness at Work and Your Health

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• A Menu of Very Small Changes to Boost Your Happiness at Work: "Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information."

• 5 Career-Boosting Summer Activities: "Summer is the perfect time to invest in yourself. If you can make the case for it, your company just might be able to foot the bill. Taking adult education courses will also help enhance and grow your network. You never know who you'll be sitting next to."                                                      
• 4 Ways to Re-Energize Your Work Engagement: "Make small changes in your daily work routine to incorporate healthy habits, and work up to bigger, more influential changes. For example, start taking the stairs, or bring a healthy lunch from home."


• How Criticism Creates Innovative Teams: "Our findings show that debate and criticism do not inhibit ideas but, rather, stimulate them relative to every other condition."


• Experienced Workers Face More Challenges Finding a Job: "An employer is looking for someone who can help them get something done. Tell them or convince them that you have the talent, experience and, probably most important, the interest or passion to help them get it done." 

Career Transition After 50

A career transition in midlife can be a fantastic way to reevaluate your life and seek out a true passion. But with younger workers willing to work for less and an age bias that is present across many industries, a midlife transition can also be a challenge.

• Reconsider your values after age 50. Disregard outdated expectations and open your mind to new ideas and job options.
• Seek support from a few key friends and colleagues you know and trust. Meet regularly and brainstorm ideas and strategies to help you in your search.
• >LinkedIn is a must. It will help recruiters find you and it’s a great way to network with others.
• Join all the groups and accept all the invitations that come your way. You never know who you will meet or where a critical lead will be generated.
• Convey a high energy level in all networking situations and interviews.
• Make sure your computer skills are sharp and up-to-date. Take a refresher course or hire a tutor if needed
• Consider updating your style with a few key clothing items or a new haircut.
• Volunteer or offer to do a pro bono project for the company you’re interested in. Giving a prospective employer a chance to see you in action can eliminate that pesky age bias.

A fashion model or NBA player might not be in the cards at this point, but your post-50 years can be most rewarding when you know what you want in life and embrace it.

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Career Tips for Older Workers

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In this video Marci Alboher, Kerry Hannon, Jacquelyn James discuss career transitions for older works and encore careers, among other things.

Learn more in the video below:

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Older Workers, Second Careers, and Success

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

1. The Best Interview Tips for Older Job Seekers
"You have a track record, and it demonstrates your capacity to create further accomplishments if given the opportunity."

2. 9 Great Second Careers that Don't Require 4-Year Degrees 
"You want to make a career change, but you don't have a bachelor's degree and don't have the funds or the interest in getting a four-year degree. Here are nine good jobs that don't require a bachelor's."

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3. 21st Century Career Reinvention for Boomers
"In the 20th century, we thought of life in three broad stages: Education, Career and Retirement. In the 21st century however, I believe that these three need to be replaced by Self Awareness, Creation, and Service."

4. What Successful People Do With the First Hour of Their Work Day
"Remember when you used to have a period at the beginning of every day to think about your schedule, catch up with friends, maybe knock out a few tasks? It was called home room, and it went away after high school. But many successful people schedule themselves a kind of grown-up home room every day."

5. How to Move from a Winning Interview to a Job Offer  
"Prepare to ask about things of interest to you. Learn about the person, position, company, industry, interview process, etc."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Resumes, Job Boards, and the Blues

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

1. 10 Reasons Your Resume Isn't Getting You Interviews
"If you're like most people, you're making at least a few of these mistakes—which will put your resume promptly in the 'no' pile."

2. How to Deal with Job Search Blues 
"Whether you are knee-deep in a job search, involuntarily unemployed or about to start a search on your own, here are a few things to keep in mind."

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3. Recovering from Common Career Setbacks
"Here are five common workplace blunders and what you can do to make the best of them."

4. 4 Best Tips for Using a Job Board
"You've posted your resume on all the most popular job boards. It's been weeks and you've heard zilch in response. It's justifiably frustrating."

5. 5 Tips to Handling a Career Transition in Your 50s and 60s  
"If you are not comfortable around computers, you will not succeed in most of today’s workplaces."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!


1. 4 Tips for Older Job Seekers Facing Discrimination
"As an older worker, you can't eliminate age discrimination. But you can learn what lies behind it and take steps to differentiate yourself from stereotypes."


2. Why Schools Should Help Students Find Their Passion 
"(I)f you can't find passion and purpose in your work, you're disconnected from who you really are and you'll never truly excel at what you do."

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3. Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill
"(W)inners gain ten important advantages as a result of victory ... smart leaders can cultivate and build on these advantages to make the next success possible."

4. How to Stop Procrastinating at Work
"Try doing your least preferred activities at the start of each day and at the beginning of each week."


5. Having a Family Can Be Good For Your Career  
"(B)y sacrificing our families -- and by extension, ourselves -- on the altar of our careers, we are in danger of cutting ourselves off from our own wisdom and perspective."