If it were fun and easy, we’d already be doing it. Nothing inspires me to scrub my floors, clean the chandelier or bake pies from scratch as much as when I’m faced with an overwhelming task. Looking for a job, writing a resume, or even thinking about the next steps can be enough to propel me into a cleaning frenzy.

Tama's Musings

Are you waiting for something wonderful to happen? Forget waiting. Commitment to the life you desire changes absolutely everything. Lack of commitment changes absolutely everything, too. Commitment is the magic wand, the sorcerer behind the bush, the technical support of the Gods.

But let's keep it simple: If you're not watering you're garden, you're killing it.

Last weekend I had the good fortune to watch my middle school daughter in a lead role of the local "High School Musical" production. What amazed me most was seeing how resilient kids can be when faced with microphones the are on the fritz, missed cues and forgotten lines. They just kept on singing and dancing. Do adults lose some of that resiliency when it comes to our careers?

Thu, 04/24/2008 - 7:53am

10 Great Careers You've Probably Never Heard Of
by Jessica Santina (Yahoo.com)

Technology, demographic shifts, new legislation, and consumer preference changes have effectively eliminated many jobs. (Met any dodo trainers lately? Or FORTRAN pros, for that matter?) However, there's an upside to obsolescence: the creation of jobs that, until recently, no one had ever heard of--and perhaps you still haven't.

So here are the 10 hottest emerging careers that you might not know about, but probably should:

1. Nursing Informatics:

Conducting a job search can be tiring -- it takes a lot of effort.

Why?

Because you don't know exactly when you'll actually accept a job offer, or even what job you'll actually take. If you knew the "what" and the "when," then you'd just work backwards and plan out your job search, right? If you knew you'd have a job in 3 months, then you could predict that one week before that, you'd have a final interview. And two weeks before that, you'd have a first interview. And three weeks before that, you'd send in your resume.