Consider going out as a consultant
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Consider going out as a consultant
What Color is Your Parachute? "Still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world!" Chock full of practical advice, sometimes quirky, a bit of a hodge podge but immensely useful
Too often when we leave a job, we rush into another without taking a break. If you take a breather, you will start the next job with renewed energy, instead of dragging yourself along on day one in recovery mode.
Once I worked 50-60 hour weeks for an IT vendor. I spent weekend time traveling; I spent 50 or even 100 nights per year away from home; and missed a fair chunk of my son’s first four years. My aspirations changed as I got older and had family, and the company changed too. It had ceased to be fun. At times it got downright Dilbertesque. |
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