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		<title>So You Want To Be A Baker&#8230;&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the pleasure of seeing yet another career transition client fulfill on their dream of creating or finding their dream job.
Annemarie Spitznagle was a pharmaceutical sales executive who simply lost the passion for &#8220;schlepping&#8221; legal drugs.  Instead, she wanted to pursue her true passion:  organic foods including&#8230;.sweets!
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		<title>CNN Says I&#8217;m The Dream Job Matchmaker.  Aw Shucks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I taped this interview with CNN Money on Wed and it ran on CNN.com on Friday.  It tells a great story of how a VocationVacation assisted Cory Chacon in making her career transition into the hotel hospitality field after being laid off from her marketing position at Virgin Records due to the downturn of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1083&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GET OUT OF THERE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, these days, some folks are forgetting to have fun in their work or job search (yes, job search can and SHOULD be fun at times).  I feel there is a pervasive “heaviness” in the air due to the economic conditions in the US, the constant partisanship in DC, overall “worry” about world affairs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1071&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freeing Up The Roadblocks to Career Mentorship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am still sometimes surprised when people in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s are reluctant to get a career mentor. They think getting a mentor is just for the 20-year old college intern or the fresh-out-of-grad school young corporate exec.
Of course that&#8217;s not the case&#8230;but it takes some convincing for some folks. The biggest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1063&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post Lay-off:  The Loss of Financial Security and The Loss of Identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Kurth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked by a member of the press yesterday what I thought was the largest issue looming for my clients. Great question. The two that stand out the most are:
1.  Loss of financial security and the fear that builds around it;
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2. The loss of identity after being laid off. A corporate attorney doesn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.briankurth.com&blog=3203279&post=1057&subd=briankurth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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