Crossroads Career Network

Recently, I saw the movie “Up in the Air” – for the second time. It opens with passing aerial views of various American landscapes as corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham (aka George Clooney) flies to another layoff assignment. The next scene shows employees suddenly realizing that their “job is no longer available.” Oh, my gosh! Too [...]

We continue our Me, Inc. series about how to adapt to propel ahead and experience career growth in today’s rapidly changing career environment with the third installment. View Part 1 and Part 2. How to Own Your Career Too many people feel as though someone other than themselves is responsible for what happens in their [...]

This is our second post in our Me, Inc. series that focuses on helping workers adjust their attitude to the changing workforce dynamics. Free Agents Need Marketing 101 The employer-employee trends we talked about in our last post are not simply a corporation-driven phenomenon. American workers themselves have also decided in ever-increasing numbers that they would rather be free [...]

Welcome to the new, improved, turbo-charged Crossroads Career website. I am really excited about it. It features not only this blog, but also a prayer wall, the web’s biggest job search engine, our 6-step, 80-page career workbook and more – all fast and free. Why did we do this? To make it simpler, easier and faster [...]