Ask the Career Doctor
2008 Advice
Will My Salary Be Enough After A Move?How Do I Tell My Kids I've Been Fired?
Non-Profits Or Govt Jobs?
Is Law Boring?
Should I Offer To Work For Free?
Interpersonal Skills Part 2: Body Language
Interpersonal Skills Part 1: Public Speaking
How To Develop Interpersonal Skills Part I
Motivating A Teenager
Can A "Career Changer" Find Happiness?
How Does an Artist Make Money?
Are There Medical Jobs With Minimum Training?
The Dental Drill
I'm About To Be Fired!
Counselor Vs. Busybody?
How Do I Get Into A Good College?
How Do I Pick The Right Career?
Do You Make Up These Questions?
Should I Drop Out Of School?
Adoption Law
Medical Questions Part II?
Medical Questions Part I?
How Do I Decide On A Graduate School??
How To Fix My Fear Of Public Speaking??
Hating A Job Vs. Hating A Career?
What do you think of online schools??
How do I Go From Mom Back to Lawyer?
Can I Support My Family And Go To School?
How Do I Find What's Best For Me?
How Do I Get Back In The Mainstream?
My Job Search Is Taking Too Long!
Is Fifty Too Old? Part II
Is Fifty Too Old? Part I
Preparing For A Career, Or A Change
2007 Advice
M.D. or Shorter Degree?A Job In Mergers And Acquisitions
What To Do When You're Rejected?
Age Discrimination?
Dying For A Job In Sales
College Credit For Life Experience
Great Job vs. Family?
What Can I Do About Burnout?
Should I Get A "Second Class" Degree?
Am I Too Old For College?
How To Help Patients?
My Son Can't Get A Job - Part II
My Son Can't Get A Job - Part I
A Good Reason To Choose A Career...It's Fun
2006 Advice
Can An Introvert Become Assertive?Retirement Is Boring!
I Am Considering Downward Mobility
Being A Healing Force At Work
Should I Become A Lawyer?
Are You Burned Out?
How can I win a fight with my boss?
Grades vs. Fun In College
I Loathe My General Manager
Questions That Make The Career Doctor Cranky
Dealing With A Boss That Acts As A Child
Do I Choose The Guy Or The Job?
Back-To-School at 54?
My Job Is Abusive
Students Need Career Preparation In College
Should I Do Work I Hate Just For The Money?
Did I Blow My First Job?
What Careers Make People Happy?
Should I Be Open About My LD?
My Boss Treats Us Like Children
Can I Get A College Degree Online?
Alternative Careers For A Medical Graduate
Going To College Without Drowning in Debt
Can I Go Back To My Old Employer?
How Can I Be Successful In Sales?
My Boss Treats Me Like A Child.
My Boyfriend Is Keeping Me From Working.
Can A Geeky Interest Lead To A Job?
How Do I Find A Part-Time Job?
HELP...I Hate Grad School!
I Made A Big Mistake At Work...Should I Tell?
Unexplained Gaps In My Resume
Before You Go To Medical School...
2005 Advice
Study What I Want or What Is Practical?Love, Work And A Meaningful Retirement...
Must My English Be Perfect?
Phobias Are Very Cureable
Overcoming A Public Speaking Phobia
Succeeding Without Managing
Am I Too Old To Become A Doctor?
Help! I Am a Burned Out Teacher!
Working From Home
Healthy Per ing Artists
Asking A Manager For New Opportunities
Medical School Interviews
Totally Confused By Company Politics
Using An Old MBA
Finding a New Field
Dealing With A Narcissist
Careers For Parents With Kids At Home
Is It Worth The Stress?
Should I Try For My Ideal World?
I Am About To Turn 30 And I Feel I Wasted My Twenties
Do You Hate The Job - Or Do You Just Hate Change?
My Husband Is Furious Because I Quit
Burned Out By Being Too Nice?
How Do I Explain Why I Quit My Job?
My Family Versus My Career
I Feel Like A Failure.
What If I Don't Have The Aptitude For The Career I Want?
Should I Go Into Sales?
Why Aren't More Students Admitted to Medical School?
Tell Me About Veterinary Jobs.
How Do I Choose Between Conflicting Dreams?
I Made The Wrong Career Choice.
2004 Advice
The Business Of Medicine.Choosing A Career In Counseling?
I'd Like To Play Golf All Of The Time...
Combining An Interest In Music And Counseling?
How Important Is A College Degree??
Using Sick Days for Vacation??
Should I Stay With A Program I Don't Like??
A Career With A Purpose?
Dealing With The Office Tattletale?
What Questions Should I Ask On An Interview??
Having Retirement Doldrums??
Career Versus kids??
Overcoming Learning Disabilities??
How do I go from being a Ski Bum to a Reporter??
Career Versus Kids??
Is it Wrong to do Well While Doing Good??
I Hate My New Job. What Should I Do?
Which Careers are the Most Satisfying?
Will a Move Be Bad for My Kids?
What's Hot in the Computer Field?
Thinking of Becoming a Doctor?
How to Stay Calm in a Job Interview?
Will Job Hunt Hurt Me At Work?
You Aren't Old, You're Experienced!
Am I Too Old for Law School?
What Does it Take to Be a Career Counselor?
High Pay vs. Satisfaction?
How Much Do Doctors Earn?
Networking Ideas
What If There Were No Limits?
Graduating, No Interviews!
Vocational Tests for High Schooler
Strong Interest Inventory
Making Transition to Job Market
Work as Teacher While Studying?
Should Intern Ask for Money?
Requirements for Psychology Program
Cussing in the Workplace
Affordable Career Counseling
Finding a Book Agent
The Career Doctor™
by Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez
Looking for a first job? Thinking of changing careers? Facing a lay-off? The Career Doctor™ is a Larchmont psychologist specializing in career counseling. If you'd like to ask a question of your own, use the anonymous , and she might answer you here. Read more about the Career Doctor here. Contact in ation is here.
I'M ABOUT TO BE FIRED!
Dear Career Doctor:
I have been an executive at a large privately held company for nearly
5 years. The company was recently sold and I believe I am about to be
replaced by someone my new boss worked with at his previous job. Does
termination typically preclude exploring other opportunities within
the company or is it best to start looking for greener pastures?
Joanne
Dear Joanne:
Unfortunately, when new management comes into a company, they often
downsize and bring in people they worked with before -- even when the
existing team is a good one. This possibility puts you in a tricky situation:
it's rare for people to be offered other positions in a company after
they've been fired, but if you start looking around in the company behind
the boss's back before you are fired, you risk alienating him/her.
Anything you do in this situation has risks. But here's what I would
do: Go to your new boss and say something like: I really like this company
and I've been doing a good job, but I hear rumors that you might want
to replace me with a er colleague. If that's a possibility, I would
like your assistance in finding another job in this company. Even if
the boss says he/she can't help you, you have tacit approval to start
looking within the company and outside too.
Whether you make this speech to your boss or not, you can begin to explore
options at other companies, explaining to a potential new employer that
you like the work you are doing at your current company but morale is
suffering because of the takeover and rumors of staff changes.
The Career Doctor
The Career Doctor™ is Larchmont psychologist and career counselor, Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez.
Her office is at 90 Beechtree Drive in Larchmont, 914-834-1982.
For more in ation go to www.jacquelineplumez.com.
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