Dr. Hamilton remained in the same company for 20
years until she found the power to leave and reinvent her career.
She now does what she loves as an author, guest speaker and professor.
Reinventing herself 10 times during her career, Dr. Hamilton used her
personality preferences and experience to seek the career of her dreams.
Readers of this guide will learn to identify their own personalities, to
reinvent their careers, using life lessons as practical solutions.
Many people, over age 40 who are seeking new careers find that they are in
unfamiliar territory. Many are displaced after being in one career or
role for a long time. The job market has changed and so has
job-seeking. Dr. Hamilton urges readers to take advantage of
self-promotion and social networking through sites like LinkedIn. Some job
seekers have been in the same field for decades and can maximize their
potential career skills by seeking continuing education with free university
content through iTunes-U. Dr. Hamilton highly recommends mastering the
guidelines for today’s interviewing styles at The Business School Edge.
Guided by a passion for your dream career, these outlets can effectively
leverage the advantage of experience by increasing visibility within the job
market.
Admittedly loving typing and administrative work, Dr. Hamilton took what she
truly enjoyed and applied that to her dream job possibilities. Personality tests
like and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and DISC are effective tools for new
career seekers to use to point out jobs that may be a good fit for their
personality preferences. In many cases, new employment seekers are
unhappy with their current position, may desire a better job, but are unsure
where to look for new opportunities. Each person can facilitate their
career search through career analysis and take advantage of their job
preferences to land their dream job.
Many job seekers looking to reinvent their careers are in positions others may
regard as the “perfect job.” How many times does someone start a job for
reasons that are fleeting and wind-up in familiar unhappy, Sunday Night Blues
territory? What people must realize is, “that perhaps a perfect job for
someone else may not be a perfect job for them,” says Hamilton. Many fear
leaving jobs they may not like because they may feel trapped or fear giving up
certain benefits. This attempt at trying to escape the golden handcuffs is a
courageous one. With effort, readers will tap into their personality
strengths, leverage the availability of online resources and face the fear of
success to ultimately reinvent their careers and make more money doing what
they love.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Diane Hamilton has a doctorate in business management. She currently
teaches bachelor-, master-, and doctoral-level courses for six online
universities. She has written several books including The Online
Student’s User Manual: Everything You Need to Know to be a Successful Online
College Student, It’s Not You It’s Your Personality: Surviving and
Thriving in the Modern Workplace and her latest HOW TO REINVENT YOUR CAREER:
MAKE MONEY DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. To find out more about her writing, visit
her website or blog.
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Rebecca Crowley, RTC Publicity
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