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Career Opportunities with Douglas E. Welch

Summary: The High-Tech Career Handbook - A weekly column (and more) on high-tech careers by Douglas E. Welch.

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 Career problems often stem from life problems — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Career problems often stem from life problems — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” Life and career are intimately intertwined. We can try to keep them as separate as possible, but the fact remains that it is an impossible task. Our daily work life directly effects our life outside of work and vice versa. Instead of ignoring this connection, we all need to be aware how each side can cause issues for the other. Read Career problems often stem from life problems — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 Those who “need” your help, but don’t really “want” it — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Those who “need” your help, but don’t really “want” it — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” It is important to remember that every job, every career, involves some aspect of customer service. In some cases we might be supporting our outside customers while, in others, we are supporting our fellow, in-house, coworkers. Whatever the reason, though, it is often part of our job to help others do theirs. As someone who has made a career out of customer service, I would like to warn you about a frustrating situation that can occur — people who “need” your help but don’t really “want” it. I know that can sound very odd, but I think you will recognize these people in your life and work when I describe them and their behavior. These people can make your work very difficult if you don’t understand how to recognize and deal with them. Read Those who “need” your help, but don’t really “want” it — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 Organization: The 7 Skills of a Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Organization: The 7 Skills of a Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” When most of us think about organization, we think about calendars, address books and to-do lists, but organization, as it relates to your life and career, is so much more. We all know  from personal experience how unorganized people and companies can make our lives much more difficult than it need be – sometimes to the point of chaos. Why would we wish to inflict this on others ourselves? If you want to have a successful career, you must become organized – at least in some basic way. Thankfully, and despite what you might think, it’s relatively easy to be organized. Even more, the slightest bit of organization, will help you to stand out among those who haven’t yet learned that lesson. Organization can be an excellent way to build a very successful career. Read The 7 Skills of a Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 Make your own Career Classroom — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Make your own Career Classroom — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” The explosion of educational MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) seems to indicate a large, renewed interest in nontraditional educational opportunities. People are looking for new opportunities to learn when and where they can. While there are a tremendous amount of large MOOCs available, and you should be investigating them, this trend has also sparked my own thinking about smaller, self-directed learning opportunities. You don’t always have to rely on someone else to create your learning opportunities, like traditional schools and universities. You, along with a small group of friends, family, or coworkers can create your own time and place to learn together. In some ways, I think that these smaller groups can help you learn more deeply, in a more intimate learning environment, than any MOOC possibly could. Read Make your own Career Classroom — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 7 Skills of the Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

7 Skills of the Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” Looking back over my own long career, and the careers of family, friends and Career Opportunities listeners and readers, I have struck upon 7 Skills that can help to insure a successful career for any careerist, regardless of their work industry, their position in a company or their goals as a careerist. These fundamental skills form a solid foundation for any career and, in many ways, also enhance life outside of your career. In this introduction I will give an overview of of the skills and then explore each one further in its own, upcoming, Career Opportunities column. Read 7 Skills of the Successful Careerist — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 What video games can teach you about your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What video games can teach you about your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” I am not a big player of video games, but my teenage son has introduced me to a few in the last several years. Even if I don’t play the games themselves, I do often watch videos of the game play to stay informed of the state of the art and also to enjoy the stories. Although video games are often dismissed as time-wasters and corrupters of youth (and adults), I find that there are a number of career lessons that can be gained from them. Like everything in your life — your family, your hobbies, the books you read — video games can yield some interesting lessons if you take the time to think beyond the actual gameplay itself. Read What video games can teach you about your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! 

 Don’t let “feeling stupid” stop you from learning what you need — from the Career Opportunities Podcast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Don’t let “feeling stupid” stop you from learning what you need — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” I have spent the last 30 years helping people to learn about technology in a number of ways and there has always been one, constant theme to this process — people hate to “feel stupid”about technology — or anything, for that matter. I think “feeling stupid” should be a diagnosed clinical physiological problem for all the damage it causes. Too many times, I have seen people suffer both personal and professional trials, simply to avoid the embarrassment and fear of “feeling stupid.” Let me tell you, though, avoiding the fear of appearing stupid to your friends, family and co-workers could be the most damaging act you take in your life and career. It can have far-reaching effects that limit your effectiveness, productivity and future success. Embrace “knowing what you don’t know” and then seek to learn. Don’t let “feeling stupid” stop you from learning what you need — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out!

 Failure vs. failure — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Failure vs. failure — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” There is a great difference between Failure (with a capital F) and failure with a lowercase “f”, but sometimes it can be hard to see that. While it is part of the human condition to fail on occasion, and despite what we might learn from those failures, failure is never, ever, easy. Given enough failures, in fact, and you might start feeling like a complete Failure. This is a dangerous place to tread, though and can lead to greater problems down the road if you don’t come to some sort of understanding with yourself, your life and your career. Don’t let failure stop you in your career tracks. Face it, deal with it and then move forward. Read Failure vs. failure — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out!

 Beyond the Briefcase: New visual icons and symbols for career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Beyond the Briefcase: New visual icons and symbols for career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” I recently did a Google Image search on the word “career” just to see what it would turn up. There I found lots of pictures of signposts and arrows, lots of uses of the word Career in various typographic styles and, of course, eager, young  (almost exclusively) workers attired in suits, ties and/or skirts, often carrying briefcases. While I wasn’t that surprised by the search results, I find myself continually surprised by the icons from the past that we still use to represent work and career. Almost like the stereotypical usage of an old, rotary phone being used to represent a telephone or any type of call, the use of the briefcase or the suit and tie is just as outdated.. Read Beyond the Briefcase: New visual icons and symbols for career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 What you SHOULD be sharing in your social media feeds — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What you SHOULD be sharing in your social media feeds — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” A few weeks ago I talked about how to attract work and opportunities to you, instead of constantly begging for your next job. One of the biggest elements of attracting work to you is using social media to share the most interesting aspects of your life and work and show people “what you do and how well you do it.” Of course, it is worth taking some time to think about what you might share on your social media feeds that contribute to this end goal. Here are a few ideas to get you started in sharing the right kind of information. Read What you SHOULD be sharing in your social media feeds — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 Privacy and the need to sell yourself in your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Privacy and the need to sell yourself in your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” Privacy is in the news a lot these days and it is a valid concern for all of us. That said, when you are trying to build the career you deserve, an excessive focus on privacy can make your careerbuilding more difficult, if not impossible. This is due to a large change in how we find jobs and develop our careers. The days of resumes and job fairs and networking are over, at least in the traditional sense. Today, you need to be spending every moment telling people “what you do and how well you do it.” If you insist on keeping every aspect of your life private, you are severely limiting the number of people that know about you and the opportunities these people may be able to provide. When it comes to your career, you can’t “hide your light under a bushel” and expect to achieve the career results you want. Read Privacy and the need to sell yourself in your career — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 How to attract work to you — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

How to attract work to you — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” The current form of career development/management is flawed.  First, you discover what work you might like to do and are qualified to do and then you go in search of someone offering a job/needing someone with your skills. Once you settle on a particular line of work, you make the rounds, resume (if not hat) in hand, begging someone to give you a job. It has been this way for centuries, but I think that is exactly the argument for why it shouldn’t be done that way anymore. Read How to attract work to you — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 What you need: A Freedom Cache — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What you need: A Freedom Cache — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” One of the most important aspects of any career is the freedom to make the best decisions for yourself and your family. Allowing circumstance to push you from one job to another without any sort of plan ensures that someone else will always be in charge of your career. You either make your career happen or your career happens to you. If you truly want to build the career you deserve, you have to insure that you also build the stability and the cash reserves that allow you make career decisions on your own terms instead of making decisions because you have no other choice. Read What you need: A Freedom Cache — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 Transitioning out of consulting can feel like quitting 100 Jobs — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Transitioning out of consulting can feel like quitting 100 Jobs — from the Career Opportunities Podcast Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities”   It never occurred to me that leaving my computer consulting business would be such a dramatic change. Sure, I have quit jobs in the past, but closing your consulting business or transitioning it into a new business as I am, is unlike quitting any single job. You find yourself quitting each and every client individually which is like quitting 100 or more jobs, one after the other in a process that can take months, or even, years. There is no easy way to do it.    Read Transitioning out of consulting can feel like quitting 100 Jobs — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

 Look for jobs outside the norm — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Look for jobs outside the norm — from the Career Opportunities Podcast [Audio] Listen to this podcast …or tell your Echo, “Alexa, play the podcast Career Opportunities” Whenever people think about jobs it seems they always focus on the typical choices — doctor, lawyer, engineer, programmer, salesperson. While these are certainly some of the better known career paths in today’s world, I would challenge each of you to think outside the norm, at least a little, when contemplating your first — or next – job. You might be surprised what you find there. Read Showing your clients the way — from the Career Opportunities Podcast One-To-One Career Consulting Now available exclusively to Career Opportunities readers and Listeners. Click for more information and pricing  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "career-op-20"; amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Find more career information in these books"; amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Career Planning"; amzn_assoc_default_category = "All"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d3cdeb4c2e10bc9e5973c43044925ffe"; * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! † Available from the LA Public Library

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