This year I turn 49. I’m doing work that I am really passionate about but still find myself having the inevitable thoughts that happen around every decade birthday. "Am I where I thought I would be in my career? In my life? Am I happy with what I have achieved?". Sometimes those thoughts pass briefly, [...]
One of the things I’m hearing more and more from people as they move into their 50’s is the phrase “I didn’t plan for my life to turn out like this”. In some cases this is a valid observation, bad luck or some interaction out of their control has intercepted their plans and [...]
We’re over in Queenstown at the moment doing some skiing and snowboarding. We were up on the slopes yesterday and started chatting to an elderly gentleman, as it turns out, at 78, he had only learned to ski 20 years ago and his sons, who are now in their 50’s, have just started to learn [...]
Few people would realise that prior to taking on the role as General Manager at Career Life Transitions I was a skydiving instructor. I have over 4000 jumps under my belt and have worked all over the world including drop zones in Spain, Sweden and the USA. As a skydiving instructor I was at the [...]
What is your transition, we’re going through them all the time, what is yours right now? Our lives are in a constant state of change whether we like it or not. We are all transitioning to something or somewhere. The difference is that some of it is by choice and some of it is out [...]
Are you over 50 and looking for work? I don’t know that people over 50 are anymore likely to lose their jobs than any other age group in the workforce, but the more immediate challenge for them is, how can I get another one? Well, maybe this is the best career opportunity you’ve had since [...]
The last couple of years have been pretty tough from a career point of view, if you had a job, you tried to keep it, regardless of whether you truly liked it or not. For many people they had no choice, redundancies were ramped up as companies scrambled to cut costs. This period followed the [...]
If changing careers was one of your New Year’s resolutions, you’re not alone with a recent survey finding one in three Australian workers are looking for a new job. Career coach Peter James from Career Life Transitions said at this time of year many people think more carefully about their career because they find themselves [...]
We're fast approaching the end of the year, and the beginning of 2018. New Years resolutions are prevalent, along with hopes of a successful and prosperous year ahead. People often contemplate if they really are happy in their current career, and whether a change of career could equal more fulfillment, where the grass is greener [...]
During a recent presentation to a large group of HR professionals, 4 questions were posed around the topic of career progression, direction and the stability (or instability) in the current economic climate. The results are quite interesting, and in some ways surprising, and highlights the impact a constantly fluctuating and volatile state of current business [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: