Traditional (Linear) and Non-Traditional (Non-Linear) Career Paths

Do you know which fits your lifestyle? by Danielle Schmidt, dms Careers.

Mike has worked 10 years in a large corporation. He got his degree in Finance at a top university and Mike has had 4 promotions at his current company. He is making mid six figures and has grown throughout his career. He lives alone with his dog in a beautiful home with a fantastic view.

Jon has three jobs, a wife and three children. He works at a hardware store 4 days a week, has his own lawn care business on the weekends and has a small internet business selling his art pieces. He works 45 hours a week and makes enough money to support his family and have fun vacations. His wife has a traditional job with benefits.

Sophie makes a comfortable living as an executive coach. Her job out of college was a Junior High French teacher. After a move she waited tables, something she did throughout college. After some networking, Sophie became a retail buyer, made another move and found a 24 year satisfying career in staffing and recruitment. Due to a job loss, Sophie decided to pursue her dream of working on her own and from home. It is important to to learn and love her work.

Mike took the more traditional approach to is career path by starting with one company and continue to climb the corporate ladder. Jon and Marcy took non-traditional approaches, the portfolio career and the zig-zag career respectively.

Here are a few examples of Traditional or Non-Traditional paths:

Traditional Career approaches:
Lateral career-keep the same type of job, such as an Executive Assistant and may move from company to company a few times
Upward mobile career- stay with a company and move up the ladder through promotions
Stable career-Same position in the same company for most of your life

Non-Traditional
Portfolio career- a few jobs or income sources which may have similar connections
Zig-zag career-having several different careers throughout your life
Full-time temporary or part-time work

Ultimately it depends on what fits your lifestyle, attention span,values, talents and motivators. Success is only decide by you and luckily we have many definitions of success.

Do you want to know what career path fits you best?
www.dmscareercoach.net

Top Ten Signs that you need a job change

Steve Jobs has been quoted that to be truly satisfied you must do what you believe is great work.  Since our work, job, career takes up about 50 hours of our 168 hour week then to be truly satisfied with that work will help us be happier in our whole life. Right?

We are all tired of our jobs once in a while, and we would all like to be somewhere else once in a while.  Yet if you are consistently seeing the following signs, then you are ready for a change.

Here are some signs (of many) that you are ready to find a better job or more fulfilling career.

10. You dread Monday morning on Sunday night.
9. You feel depressed when you walk into your office.
8. You watch the clock and sigh.
7. You procrastinate on projects ’cause you are just not in the mood.
6. You daydream about being somewhere else most of the time.
5. Your customers, co-workers and boss get on your nerves
4. You call in sick often.
3. On Monday at 10am you are looking forward to Friday.
2. You check out Indeed.com for job openings Monday afternoon.
1. You say out loud “I hate my job” and mean it.
It is a shame to have this one life and not love the job your are in. It is more than OK to start seriously looking for a  better job, but most importantly, to know what you are looking for in your ideal job or career.
A career coach can help you clarify that ideal job and help you create a strategic plan of action to get that job. Action is everything. Why Wait?

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