Where do you go first?

If you are thinking about chaning your career, where do you go first?


·Option 1: Visit job boards and learn who is hiring and for what positions
·Option 2: Go to an employment agency is see if they can find something for you
·Option 3: Go to a career management firm and have them help you decide what positions, work environments, and corporate cultures are the best fit for your needs
·Option 4: Browse the Internet looking for ideas for a career change
·Option 5: Talk to your friends and family

What is the likelihood that they found their current job through one of these sources?

Very high.

“Trial-and-error” is a good method to learn how to cook, to find a sport that your kids will be into, to find the shortest route to get to a popular downtown restaurant. Shouldn’t changing careers be based on a process that provides a little more assurance?

Why is it that it takes 4.5 seconds to find a person who can give you information about how to hide “navbar” on your blog, but it will take you days to find someone with similar professional background who can advise you on the best practices to find that specific job in which you are targeting?

Is the Information Age really ignoring career management, or is my browser hiding something from me?

What do you need when deciding how to change career?

“72% of US workforce is actively or passively job searching.”

A career change is arguably one of the most complex decisions that people have to make.

FTEscalator will research and present several key topics related to issues people are experiencing when making career decisions.

• What type of information is needed to make the right decision?
• Is that information easily available?
• What is the minimum amount of information needed to get to the “tipping point”?

Today, it looks like there should be plenty of free resources to make an educated decision around any important issue.

Is there really?

I’ll keep you posted.