Consider this: Since we are all living longer than people in generations past, if we start our professional careers in our early twenties, we will be in the workforce for a period of 45 to 50 years. Now, if you hate your job, working for 50 years sounds like a horrifying proposition. If you love your job, however, working for 50 years sounds more like a gift. If you love what you do, you will want to keep doing it, because it uses your strengths and talents, continually enhances your skills, honors your values, and allows you to be professionally successful and personally fulfilled at the same time.
Take control of your career, and you will be taking control of your life.
The following organizations and web sites are offered as resources for additional information:
Coaching, assessments, and workshops: Executive Coaching and Resource Network: www.Executive-Coaching.com
In-person executive networking opportunities:
Executive-Networking (west coast): www.executive-networking.com
ExecuNet (nationwide): www.execunet.com
C-Sixgroups:.yahoo.com/group/csixnetwork
FortyPlus of Bay Area: www.fortyplus.org/
Financial Executives Networking Group: www.thefeng.org/home.html
Marketing Executives Networking Group: www.men gonline.com/
For a national database of networking groups: www.careerjournal.com/calendar/index.html
Virtual executive networking opportunities:
Ryze www.ryze.com
Nationwide expert career management resources for executives and professionals: www.ExecuNet.com
Legal advice for employees: Executive Law Group, www.execlaw.com
Coach referral services, some with a sliding scale and pro bono coaching:
International Coach Federation: www.coachfederation.org
Coachville: www.coachvillereferral.com
Coach Inc.: www.coachinc.com
For healing:
Therapist Referral Network: www.therapy-referral.com
Therapist Directory: www.psychology.com/therapist/
Directory of recruiters and other search resources:
www.i-recruit.com
www.searchfirm.com/
www.executive-coaching.com/searchresources.htm
Better Business Bureau: www.bbb.com