Career Advice & Insights

Behind the Numbers: Who’s looking to switch? Whether they’ve focused their job hunt on sales, marketing, tech, finance or elsewhere, members of Ladders keep their eyes open for other possibilities. Data from May through October 2008 reveals that one in five members have searched other Ladders for jobs, and 5 percent have applied for positions … Read More

Executive Career Transitions – Charting the Course to a New Career In light of today’s daunting economic climate, it is quite normal to feel anxious about your career future and possible job opportunities. But what happens if you are simply dissatisfied with your job and have been long dreaming of changing to a new industry … Read More

If they can switch industries, anyone can. You may have to knock down some roadblocks to take a new route in your career. It’s eminently possible even for a specialist with a long history in one industry to make the switch to another, career coaches and recruiters say. But there will be some roadblocks to … Read More

Hired! Making the Industry Switch Mid-career job seekers trying to break into a new industry often complain that it feels as if they’re fighting the momentum of their previous work history. Ladders member Dan Rozelman was contending with three generations of family history when he switched industries, first shutting down his plumbing business to sell … Read More

It’s a good tactic, and one that can enrich and extend your career, according to some veteran industry switchers. When an industry’s job market crashes as hard as financial services has recently, top recruiters see a flood of applications from people eager to get out of a tight market and apply their skills in another. … Read More

The perfect job may not be listed on a job board or even exist… yet. Your ideal employment opportunity might not be listed on a job board. For that matter, it might not even have a job description. Here are some tips on identifying, developing and landing a job that doesn’t currently exist. Change How … Read More

How to Downshift your Career and Resume After a stellar career as CEO of a Fortune-caliber company, Ted no longer wanted the immense responsibility. He and his wife decided to relocate to a small community and simplify their lives and, in Ted’s case, take a step back and “downshift” his career. As he especially enjoyed … Read More

Strategies and tactics to reposition your personal brand when searching for a new career field. I’ve been a woman of leisure (read: unemployed) for several months and frankly it doesn’t suit me. I’m a very high-energy, high-action person and being sidelined has been frustrating. My frustration peaked recently while working on an exercise that’s part … Read More