We’ve already discussed the theory here.

as well as the following career types:
– transatory+: Tireless Kangaroo
– transatory: Wandering Butterfly
– spiral: Constant Chameleon
– expert: Loyal Dog

Today, we’ll discuss the Career Personality “linear”: a person that strategically changes their job every 5-10 years aiming at (top) management positions from early on. Read more →

We’ve already discussed the theory here, as well as the following career types:
– transatory+: Tireless Kangaroo
– transatory: Wandering Butterfly
– spiral: Constant Chameleon

In this post, we’ll discuss the Career Personality “expert”: a person that hardly ever changes their jobs and tends not to pursue a managerial position. Read more →

We’ve asked a client to comment on this post.

Briefly about her: She’s 50+ and has worked i.a. with the Polish government on gender issues. Former 50+ job hunter who has successfully found a job with our support.

Her comments and experience:

The topic “50+” in itself is very complex as we have to consider various elements: Read more →

This post was inspired by one of our former clients who contacted me some time ago with a question that transpired both curiosity and frustration,

“Why don’t employers want to hire people 50+ or even 40+?

I will try to answer this question by basing them on what we’ve experienced and observed with our clients from that age group that could be easily divided into 2 groups. Read more →

We’ve already discussed the following career types:
– transatory+: Tireless Kangaroo
– transatory: Wandering Butterfly

In this post, we’ll discuss the Career Personality “spiral”. The definition:
Moves laterally every 5-10 years to related occupations (sometimes within the same company) where previous experience can be applied in new ways. They are motivated by: Read more →

Let’s review the theory briefly: a “Wandering Butterfly” or career type “transatory” is a professional who changes jobs every 3-4 years “moving rather laterally than upwards” to new and unrelated fields like a butterfly from cherry tree to sunflower to roses. Moving rather laterally means that they are not after becoming an authoritative figure. Their motivations of change are fueled by: Read more →

This is the second post in the cycle “What Career Personality are you?” You can read the first post here.

The category “transatory+” did not surface in the original research. We allowed ourselves to “update” / “extend” the existing model. Why? Analyzing professionals in the last 10-15 years, you will find an increasing number of those who change jobs more often than only every 3-4 years. Some change as often as once a year. They are “consistently inconsistent”. Based on our observation, this rather recent phenomenon has two underlying causes in two different age groups: Read more →

This introduction will start a cycle of blog posts dedicated to the various career personalities. The inspiration? A casual conversation discussing patterns of job hunters like “jumpers” and – as the person I was talking to elegantly put it – “wandering butterflies”. That was enough impulse to dig up the theory and compare it to what we, Career Angels, observe every day. We invited Senior Consultants from Devonshire Poland to share their experiences, insights, observations and pieces of advice. Read more →