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...strengths and desires and take it from there," says Arron. This is what Sam Cotton did. He enjoyed sales and marketing and always considered himself a "people person." When a friend offered him the chance to work for her mortgage-banking firm, Cotton had a good feeling about the career change, even though he had never considered the idea before...
Others may find that their true calling is to be their own boss. If so, it's best to have earned some experience running your own business, maybe even doing it part time before you retire early from your full-time career. That was Alan Ouimet's route. He began running his charity part time in 1971, so he had 17 years of experience and knowledge when he made the 1998 switch from his job at the FBI. "If you have always worked for someone else in a structured setting, you have to determine if you are self-motivated enough...
...unsure which direction is best for you, a career counselor might help. Expect to pay anywhere from $65 to $100 an hour for a professional career consultant, Knowdell says. With more and more people retiring early, about 20% of career consultants' clients are 50 and over, he adds...
Whatever path you take, networking with others can provide valuable job contacts. Join trade or professional associations in your field. A growing number of college alumni associations have databases that allow them to match up graduates who are looking for career guidance and job contacts from other alumni. About 8,000 graduates of UCLA, out of a total of 276,000, use the university's alumni database annually, says Cindy Chernow, director of the institution's five-year-old alumni career-services department...
...jarring example of the changing face of global diplomacy, GERI HALLIWELL, formerly Ginger Spice, last week embarked on her career as a United Nations goodwill ambassador with a can-do spirit and a string of mild expletives. "I'm damn well going to use my fame positively!" the newly decolletage-free pop star exclaimed at a U.N. press conference. So while her former bandmates tour the world, Halliwell, 26, will preach to it. She'll stump for the U.N. Population Fund, promoting family-planning issues in developing countries that may not know enough about birth control but are surely familiar...