Most people I know have had to start their careers over at some point. Sometimes these moves are voluntary, like when someone wants to make a major career shift late in life, but often they aren’t. Living here in Michigan, where the job base is shifting away from manufacturing and unemployment is high, I know [...]
Filed under: Ambition, continuous improvement, job choices, job insecurity | 1 Comment »
Last week started off with about a dozen key unresolved issues at work. By late Tuesday, I found myself getting more and more frustrated that resolutions seemed nowhere in sight. But as the week wore on, many of the issues that had been stressing me out seemed to get resolved, often in just the manner I had hoped [...]
Filed under: co-workers, continuous improvement, employee relations, faith, job insecurity, prayer | 3 Comments »
Today wraps up our week’s discussion of job insecurities, but for those of you who are struggling with job transitions or unhappy jobs, it need not be the end of this opportunity for spiritual growth. Today’s topic - the gift of perspective. There’s something about not having reliable income that jars us into taking stock of [...]
Filed under: Ambition, Spiritual Priorities, job choices, job insecurity, money | 2 Comments »
Has anyone noticed how longmy blog posts have been this week? Sorry. My hope was to keep these pretty concise so as not to eat up too much of your time, which happens to be a perfect transition into today’s post…
This week’s posts have been dedicated to times of job insecurity and job transitions, and [...]
Filed under: Boredom, job insecurity, prayer | 1 Comment »
We continue this week’s look at jobs insecurities - looking for a job, worrying about losing a job, or staying in a miserable job for fear of leaving. And if you missed it, yesterday we looked at how these trials can actually be spirtual blessings because they force us to rely upon God. I know [...]
Filed under: faith, job insecurity, money, prayer | 2 Comments »
Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.” - Ronald Reagan
I don’t know about you, but every day I hear someone reference our “soft” economy. Here in Michigan, where unemployment is just over 7%, things have been particularly shaky. As our economy has gotten worse, I’ve seen lots of my friends and [...]
Filed under: faith, job insecurity | No Comments »
