Careers, Communications, and Getting People Off Of Your Back

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You're doing a job search or career change (or both), and you're working hard at it.  You may be sending out resumes like crazy, or networking, or going to class, or all of these and more.  You're doing a lot to advance your career, and you know it.

Unfortunately it seems other people don't know it, and they won't get off your back.  They want to know what you're doing in your job search, they want to know how you're doing, they want to know whats up.  You may feel you spend more time being bothered by friends, family, and so on than you do interviewing or studying.

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Frustration Friday: Work, Value, and Lies

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In these tough economic times, I often hear debates on "productivity" and who is really "doing all the work."  The usual answer of course is whoever is discussing productivity is the person that thinks they're doing all the work.  This also includes assorted delusions about economics, career, jobs, and so forth.

So, let me set a few things straight on productivity from my rather jaded point of view.

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Have A Career Emergency Plan

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I don't like the idea of plan B.

I'm the kind of person that has come to realize that it's better to take time making a good plan A, and revising it occasionally, than it is to have a bunch of plans distracting you.  If you have too many plans, then you won't focus enough on them and may give up easy since you "always have a Plan B."

However, though I believe in this approach of "Plan A first", I do think that there's one thing your career does need: a Career Emergency plan.

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