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Beth Ross

Sunday, 24 September 2006

Don't Underestimate the Time and Effort it Will Take to Make a Career Transition

If you're in the midst of a Career Transition, or even thinking about it, have a listen to Beth Ross. If you're north of 40, do yourself a big favor and listen to what Beth has to say. No sugar-coated corporate-speak here.

Beth Ross is a certified career coach, executive coach, professional speaker, and writer. Based in New York City, she is an experienced coach in leadership development, new leader assimilation, change management, and transition strategies. She also handles senior-level retained executive search assignments.

Major career transitions are normal today and may prove desirable or essential tomorrow. Positioning yourself for a career transition is essential.

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Beth Ross Biography:
Beth Ross is a certified Executive Career Coach, maintaining a private coaching practice and working with clients in the areas of Career Transition Services, Resume Writing Services, Interview Training, Assessment, Targeting, Salary Negotiations, and all parts of the Job Search Process. Her client base is national in scope, with teleconferencing and email sessions available, although she is based in New York.

She is a frequent speaker on Job Search and Career Transition topics and conducts Career Workshops for organizations. She serves as a resource for the media.

In addition to being an Executive Career Coach, Beth Ross is also an Executive Career Search professional with over twenty years experience, including time with prominent national retained executive search firms. Since 1989, she has been a sole proprietor.

Prior business background includes consulting for major technology companies, and a partnership that specialized in financial services recruiting. Her earlier career was in public and private educational administration and instruction. She also worked in sales and educational consulting with top publishing companies.

Dr. Ross holds both a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Her B.A. undergraduate degree is from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Some Great advice from Beth's Web site:
“Strategies are possible to develop proof of your interest and competence in a new field. One can learn to track trends to move into a new market. Remember: by definition growth industries hire from outside the industry. They have to, because the industry may be too young, and job hunters must learn the new field. Moving into a new career position encompasses most of the steps in general career coaching.”

Don't underestimate the time and effort it will take to make a career transition. Many people in today's marketplace are seeing the need to change careers.
• Know what you are up against
• Don't take short cuts
• Don't give up too early

Strategies are possible to develop proof of your interest and competence in a new field. One can learn to track trends to move into a new market. Remember: by definition growth industries hire from outside the industry. They have to, because the industry may be too young, and job hunters must learn the new field. Moving into a new career position encompasses most of the steps in general career coaching.

Resources:
Beth’s Web site