Career Advice & Insights

Platform manager leaves Detroit’s auto industry and lands director of quality job in Missouri. With the auto industry going through drastic changes, Will Scruggs knew it was time to start thinking about how his skills as a manager at an auto components company would transfer to a new industry. He also knew that he might … Read More

Kevin left a top consumer products company and moved halfway across the U.S. to land the VP of international compensation role in financial services. When weighing the option to leave his job at a company that Fortune magazine named one of the most admired in the U.S. last year, Kevin framed the decision in terms … Read More

A raise is a reward, not a right. In the current economy, focus on ROI to get ahead. If you’re expecting a performance review soon, understand that there’s no place to hide nowadays. Over the years, the corporate performance review has been seen as the ticket to our annual raise or quarterly bonus. Perhaps so … Read More

A Washingtonian looks for a new job in Washington, DC’s defense industry. Carolyn Stinnette knew her job as a senior instructional designer for a major corporation in the Washington, D.C., area was winding down. The challenges that had attracted her to the position a few years ago did not exist anymore; the clients she had … Read More

A software developer focuses his job search on financial services and lands a job at Dow Jones. Sameer Kohli knew it was time for a change when his former employer, digital marketing company 24/7 Real Media, was acquired by communications-services firm WPP in May 2007. “You just know when your company is taken over by … Read More

Professionals are often very diligent about their career when they don’t have a job, but the fact is they should be just as diligent when employed. Assume success. Assume that all of your hard work over all these years has suddenly paid off in the form of you achieving what you’ve always wanted. You now … Read More

One job seeker lands a job in insurance after leaving a strained real-estate industry. Tyler Banks said he knew he was going to be let go from his job as regional director for an international commercial real estate company eight months before it happened. “I could see the writing on the wall,” he said. “Starting … Read More

Sales manager seeks more job security and lands a senior analyst position without relocating. Curtis Breville got a new job when he wouldn’t take no for an answer. Looking through job listings on Ladders last fall, he came across a position that had detailed requirements for a senior analyst at Enterprise Management Associates, a data … Read More

Washington Mutual manager stretched job search Looking for a way to change careers while using his existing skill set was a challenge Brian Stetter had been dealing with for at least a year. It became even more of a challenge when he learned that his current position, managing life-cycle strategies and campaigns at Washington Mutual … Read More