Quintessential Careers Content Index: Career Change

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
Career Change

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How to Finance Your Career Reinvention
By: Randi S. Bussin
Published: 2010, Nov. 1
Summary: The most important factor in a career reinvention, after realizing where your passions will take you, is to realistically prepare your financial outlook. Start by determining how much you could potentially earn in the first few years of your transition. This article tells how.

In a Down Economy, Maybe Career Reinvention is in the Cards
By: Randi Bussin
Published: 2009, Nov. 2
Summary: This article discusses the concept of self-assessment and why it is so important, as well as some questions for you to ponder as you begin this process.

How to Get Started on Your Resume: A Five-Step Primer for Established Job-seekers and Career-Changers
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2009, Sept. 21
Summary: This article takes you through the steps to getting started on your resume and provides a refresher if you have a resume that needs updating and polishing.

Twelve Steps to Changing Your Career in a Slow Economy
By: Barbara Poole
Published: 2008, Dec. 15
Summary: There's no perfect time to make that perfect move, so don't wait for some promising economic sign to spur you into action. If you want a new career, go for it, following the 12 steps in this article to help make your career change a little easier.

Temping Your Way to a Career Change
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2004, July 5
Summary: This article offers suggestions for structuring your temping experience to serve your career change well.

Ten Career Change Mistakes to Avoid
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2004, March 15
Summary: Before you make a jump to a new career field, consider this article's common career change mistakes so that you can avoid them as you make the transition from one career to your next.

Ten Step Plan to Career Change
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, March 17
Summary: Are you facing that career-change plunge? Do you wish you were? Take it slowly and make sure what you really want to do is change careers. Then use this article's 10-step plan, and you will be on much more sure footing -- and on a path toward career change success.

Time to Change Jobs or Careers? A Quintessential Careers Quiz
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2003, Feb. 17
Summary: How do you know when it's time to change jobs and when it's time to change careers? Take our career-change quiz and reflect on your answers and your score.

Resume Writing Quiz For Career Changers
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. and Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Nov. 11
Summary: Career-changers face some tough decisions when developing your resume for your new career field. How confident are you in your resume-writing abilities? Take this quiz and test your resume-writing prowess.

Career Change Do's and Don'ts
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2001, Nov. 26
Summary: Follow this article's career-change rules and you should achieve success in contemplating changing careers -- and in your career change.

Career Changers Most Powerful Resume and Cover Letter Tool: Transferable Skills
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2001, Nov. 26
Summary: The most effective technique career changers can use in their resumes and cover letters is transferable skills. This article tells how.

Established Job Seeker or Career Changer Behavioral Interview Practice Questions
By: n/a
Published: 2001, Dec. 12
Summary: Are you prepared for your next interview? How well can you answer these 20 behavioral job interview questions? Take our practice interview.

Established Job Seeker or Career Changer Mix of Interview Practice Questions
By: n/a
Published: 2001, Dec. 12
Summary: Are you prepared for your next interview? How well can you answer this mix of 20 behavioral and traditional job interview questions? Take our practice interview.

Established Job Seeker or Career Changer Traditional Interview Practice Questions
By: n/a
Published: 2001, Dec. 12
Summary: Are you prepared for your next interview? How well can you answer this mix of 20 traditional job interview questions? Take our practice interview.

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