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Career Doctor: Loss of Job/Loss of Identity, Part 2

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:43:17 +0000

Dear Career Doctor,

My husband has a fabulous job offer abroad for one to three years. Its a promotion, salary increase and excellent experience for when he returns to ...read more...

Career Doctor: Loss of Job/Loss of Identity, Part 1

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:39:26 +0000

Dear Career Doctor,

My husband has a fabulous job offer abroad for one to three years. Its a promotion, salary increase and excellent experience for when he returns to ...read more...

Career Doctor: A Career in Children’s Theatre

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:00:44 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I am an Afro-American female who has taught in the inner city for thirty years with a husband who partnered with me without being paid himself. ...read more...

Career Doctor: Finding A Mission

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:38:44 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I’m still in high school, but really need to make the decision of what to go to college for. I know that after college I ...read more...

Career Doctor: When You Don’t Know The Answer

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:30:44 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I have an interview next month with a merchant navy company. The application form asked for two references. I gave the names and addresses of two professors ...read more...

Career Doctor: Picking A College Major

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:36:18 +0000

Hi Career Doctor!

I’m currently finishing up my junior year and I keep second-thinking my major. I know for certain that I plan to major in Spanish, but I ...read more...

Career Doctor: Making Money With Math

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 14 May 2010 01:32:04 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I am currently an 8th grade math teacher who is tired of barely making enough to pay bills. I am also burnt out working in the ...read more...

Career Doctor: Marketing Is For Extroverts … Usually

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:24:26 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I am an introverted person and was in a job in an organization that preferred extroverted personalities over relative talent/hard work. I love writing, analysis, ideation ...read more...

Career Doctor: How Do I Publish A Book?

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:32:06 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I recently came across your book, Mother Power, and thought it would be great to write and ask some questions about getting a book published. Like ...read more...

Career Doctor: Careers After Teaching?

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:21 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I have been employed as a teacher for 35 years in South Central Los Angeles, an area which is “challenged” by extreme poverty, street gangs, very low test scores, ...read more...

Career Doctor: Job Opening In New Rochelle

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:23:19 +0000

Several days ago I received this question:

Dear Career Doctor:

I have a job opening in my publishing company in New Rochelle but don’t know how to post it ...read more...

Career Doctor: My Husband Will Retire…Help!

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:00:40 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

My husband will be retiring in a few years. He’s a lawyer and is looking forward to a no-stress life after retirement. I’m worried that no ...read more...

Career Doctor: Teachers Needed!

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:00:17 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

My 10-year-old will not behave at all. Everything I ask him to do he says no to. He will not go to school. Please help.

Terri

Career Doctor: My Son Has Become A Bad Student

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:40:33 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

My son did very well in elementary school. Teachers told me he was bright and a pleasure to have in class. In middle school he started ...read more...

Career Doctor: Updating Skills

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:02:19 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

When I was out of work before, I quickly got a new job. Now, even though I have good skills and contacts, employers seem to want ...read more...

Career Doctor: Franchise At 50?

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:58 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

My boyfriend is almost 50. He works for a big international aerospace/tech company, managing about 50 engineers working on telecommunications satellites. He hates the company and ...read more...

Career Doctor: Out of Work on Wall Street

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I have a friend who has been out of work for almost three years. He worked on the NYSE for 22 years and was a successful ...read more...

Can A Carefree Person Become A Serious Professional?

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:57:33 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

I went through high school without caring about my grades because I just wanted to play sports. Now through a life changing experience at an ER ...read more...

Career Doctor: Ungrateful Heir To Family Business

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:01:31 +0000

NOTE TO READERS: Due to a glitch in the Gazette’s new web programming, most of The Career Doctor mail for the last month was not delivered and is somewhere ...read more...

Career Doctor: Should Kids Pay For College?

Dr. Jacqueline Hornor Plumez — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000

Dear Career Doctor:

My wife and I are in our late 40′s and have a mortgage and not a lot of savings. We have three children and the oldest ...read more...