Executive Careers & Downsizing

If you have had a successful executive career in an industry that is downsizing, perhaps the time has come to consider what other industries are growing that you can utilize your skills in, or even a consider a total career change. Gone are the days that individuals keep working the same careers until retirement.

There are many options to consider to put your personal strengths and professional experience to work for you, so that you can create success within a totally different industry. It is a process that thousands of successful executives have faced. There are many opportunities....you just need an open mind, and for some individuals it will require learning to think outside of the box.

To start, identify all of your interests, skills, passions and your core values ... many times individuals have been stuck in a career they didn't even like in the first place, and stay because of the financial rewards, not knowing what else they can do to maintain the level of income they have become accustomed to. When that income disappears it forces people to get more creative, and define what they want in their lives. For instance, if you have been working 80 hours week, you may define in your new career that you want to work less hours and be home more. Maybe you have realized that you have been selling your life to an employer, missing time with your family....for what? To be downsized by a company that didn't care about you in the first place? Tough pill to swallow, but true....and so many high level executive careers have demanded that type of commitment.

The good news is, you now have a choice where YOU call the shots....you can absolutely design your next career to be deeply satisfying, expressing your talents and passions that are unique to you, and take your income to an even higher level than you previously made. In many cases, these moments in life, when we are forced to make a change because of outside circumstances, actually are the starting point of a magnificent new direction in our lives.

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Debbie Ruston
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