White-Collar Job Squeeze!  When Considering a Job Change Seek Advice. Forty-two percent of 150 executives surveyed said the person they were most likely to approach first for input when considering a job change was their spouse or significant other. Others surveyed said they would consult the following individuals first: Mentor/Coach........................28% Co-worker.............................13% Friend...................................11% Other Family Member.............5% Someone Else........................1% So, what's an unemployed white-collar worker to do? The short answer is go find some support to navigate through your career transition in these uncertain times. With the scarcity of good paying jobs, consider improving your job hunting and interviewing skills---while learning how to attract job opportunities to you. Check here for a few tips on improving your chances of success. Receive our Podcast: http://coachingtip.blogs.com/coaching_tip/rss.xml or get Free Monthly Coaching Tips! by entering your name and email address below: Enter Your Name: Enter Your Email: Search for information by keyword(s) Career transformation can be an excellent time to better understand one's life purpose and direction. We all need to know that our life and work matter. Thinking about and investing in our future success, during this period of self awareness, is a good use of our resources. When the layoff comes around will you have anticipated that you are one of those heading out the door? As a career and business coach, my experience is that most people are surprised when they are chosen to be separated from their workplace. Worse yet, they are not prepared to handle the fear and uncertainty during their upcoming job search. Only after many weeks of unsuccessful job searching do some job seekers decide they need some help in engineering their career transition. So if you suspect that your place of work is headed for a layoff, now is the time to prepare for the possibility of unemployment. Now is the time to begin to position yourself as a person who people will want to hire because of your knowledge, intensity, leadership and competencies. Now is the time to partner with a career mentor or coach so you are prepared to find, schedule and successfully navigate job interviews. The preparation work you do today, while employed, will save you many hours, days and even months of fear and uncertainty if you become unemployed.     When is it a good time to leave your job? For an opportunity to do new things and take on more responsibility. When it appears your career has hit a brick wall. When you don't have an individual development plan and access to nontechnical skills training. Where do you want to be? What's the biggest challenge you have? Are you doing today what you do best? Want to learn about the costs of executive coaching? Want to check out some coaching plan options? If you are really committed to what you want to do, let's have a conversation about getting there from here. Call 734.426.2000 (US Eastern Time Zone) or email johnagno@signatureseries.com to arrange for a free consultation to discuss where you are heading. To learn more about John Agno, certified executive and business coach, click here. back to home page