This past weekend, Kate and I were at a friend’s party. Since most of the people there didn’t know who we were, we would get the basic questions, including asking us what we did for work.
Once you say you are a career management consultant, you start getting the career management questions along with the hopes and fears of people and their work.
In one of those discussions, a person was saying that they needed to move on to another position; even a different and more fulfilling line of work. This person was also self-aware: “I’m 51 years old and I am sure there is age discrimination out there. Plus, I’m overweight. I guess all I have going for me is experience.”
Nothing like getting the bad stuff out there! What follows is my advice.
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