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Making a Change: You’ve Identified the Need – Now What? (And How?)

by | Jul 11, 2010 | LIS Career Strategy

The problem is this: Often the heart and mind disagree. Fervently.
– Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

You know the feeling: you know you need to make a change of some sort, but don’t seem to be able to get it in gear.

Perhaps you’ve decided to broaden your skill set, which may mean pursuing an online certificate or degree, something you’ve never done before. Or you’ve decided that you’re going to start actively building your professional brand online, necessitating learning and using unfamiliar tools. Or you’ve determined that your organization could support professional development among the staff much more effectively if it changed its approach to annual performance evaluations – but how do you help bring about that change in approach?

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Creating a Blended LIS Career

by | Jul 3, 2010 | LIS Career Strategy

One of the really cool things about how flexible an LIS career can be is that it allows you to create your own path, and pretty much endlessly take that career onto new paths as your life circumstances dictate. And if you enjoy multi-tasking, one of those new paths might actually be to take it several directions at the same time.

For example, as you think about the future of your career, you might consider combining multiple types of income streams. For example:

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