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I was recently laid off from my job as an analyst for a major steel company in the Philadelphia area. While I was given a generous severance package and told that an opportunity would exist for me once the recession abated, I tried to find the silver lining and decided that this ‘misfortune’ in actuality provided me with the opportunity to reevaluate my career goals, to do something that I could really enjoy on my schedule. Massage school Philadelphia offered the perfect opportunity to transition into a new career helping people de-stress and recover from accidents – real tangible output, far more gratifying than the weekly reports I published that may or may not have been read by the managers that assigned me to write them.

Beyond being more personally gratifying than my previous work, my new career in massage therapy offers a great deal more flexibility than my traditional 9 to 5. For one thing, I can now more or less set my own schedule as an independent massage therapist (after putting in some time at a local day spa). Beyond that, the demand for massage therapists by stressed individuals and the hospitality and medical industries globally means that my skills are easily transferable to opportunities wherever they might arise, so it is possible for me to earn a living nearly anywhere. And as far as pay is concerned, my new career as a massage therapist offers me higher hourly pay, north of $75/hour, without all the stress of my old job.

Massage school Philadelphia made it possible for me to make sweet lemonade from this recession’s lemons. I highly recommend that anyone looking for a career change investigate a career in massage if a change of pace, a pay raise,  greater flexibility, and the gratification of really helping people directly sounds appealing.

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You need a job. It’s a problem everyone faces from time to time. There’s nothing to be ashamed about, especially if you are actively looking. Typically, a person will change careers as many as 5 or 6 times in their lifetime, and it’s understandable when there are “down” periods between jobs, waiting for the next opportunity to develop.

But any local job search can be a frustrating labyrinth, especially in this economy. It’s hard to know if you are heading down the right corridor, or if some secret passage will present itself if you know just what lever to pull. Often, it feels like you’ve been down some halls before, like you’ve redoubled back on yourself and can’t possibly find a way out. It’s in these dark corridors that we can lose our resolve.

The difficulty is that any local job search can be hindered by negative thinking. You need to see potentials in every possibility you explore because you really don’t know where the right opportunity lies. This can be difficult when we feel that we’ve lost our way, when it seems that every path or avenue is just leading us further down the road to nowhere.

The trick is to allow yourself a little bitterness without getting completely down. It’s okay to feel frustrated. Looking for a job usually feels like a pointless endeavor right up until the moment you’re hired. A successful job landing is worth a thousand emailed resumes.

One way to be positive is to remember that technology is on your side. Job search websites make finding a job easier, as employment search engines can literally connect millions of potential jobs, giving you the top listings of the ones most relevant to you.

It’s also important to remember that job search websites can also lead you to jobs that haven’t been advertised well. Sites like Monster may be an effective place for employers to advertise, but the ads cost money and don’t include work opportunities from employers who didn’t register on the site. A job search engine can connect you to all job opportunities related to your field, regardless of whether or not the employer bothered to use Monster.

Keep a positive mentality and use the technological tools available to you. The right job may be just a keyword search away.

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