Archives for sabbatical
Cookin' Up a Sabbatical in The Age of Disorder
In the brave new world we in which we will soon live, when this chaos is over, significant changes will prevail. Will life be more complex? Will we downsize life as easily as we choose (as predicted) less square footage in our new homes? Will we work less; sabbatical more? Or will we choose a […]
Will Your Resume Tell Your Transition Story?
Lose your job and you’re in a sea of choices - find a new one, take a sabbatical, go back to school. At some point, you’ll have to incorporate this time into your resume. What will you say? 11/08-11/09 Wanderer 11/08-11/09 Professional Period of Tumultuous Change 11.08-11/09 Manager of My Own Personal Loss Say this […]
Petersen Tests Career Change from CSI with Sabbatical
The gig made the actor very, very famous and very, very rich; it wasn’t easy to leave. In the end, it was too safe for him. Even in this economy, career evaluation is important. Petersen used a 4-week sabbatical in season 7 to test the waters back into the theater. More on him in a […]
Forced Sabbatical Work: Investigate A New Career
Since you lost your job, are you romantizing about becoming an organic farmer? Think your kitchen talents might land you on The Food Network? Oh I see, you figure your creative spirit is meant to design cool new buildings. Being an architect WAS cool - two years ago when it made it (barely) into the […]
Ferriss' 4-Hour Work Week Inspires Sabbatical Mindset
The 4-Hour Work Week inspires sabbatical mindset
Are You Building Your Life with Dots or Lines?
In an interview last week, Elizabeth talked with a man who had taken a 3-month sabbatical - an eye-popping, continent-hopping adventure with family and friends. Right before I was ready to glow blue-green with envy (blue for the two oceans he crossed; green for the amount of money this adventure must have cost), I tripped […]
Whose Sabbatical Is It Anyway? (Yours, your spouse's or family's?)
In the conference room of a growing, mid-sized technology firm, 35-year-old Larry describes his dream sabbatical to other sabbatical candidates at his company. Larry’s first career was behind the lens of a camera. Though happy and successful now in the technology field, he’s missed the creativity and intensity of the film industry. Even the long […]
Brain Researcher's New Found Nirvana Offers Insight for Sabbatical
With a clot the size of a golf ball in her head, Jill Bolte Taylor’s work at Harvard’s brain research center got personal. Her stroke left her without the use of her left hemisphere. She lost the basic analytical functions like her ability to speak, understand numbers or letters. Surgery and eight years of recovery […]
When Money Deters the Sabbatical Dream
While we will continue to share amazing stories about what people are doing on sabbaticals, there is also inspiration in how people factor in financial reality and still manage to soar into a sabbatical experience. Even when salary and benefits continue, the money for one’s dream sabbatical might not exactly be floating around in a […]
Sabbaticals Pay Off Before You Even Leave
As business sabbaticals garner more interest and experience steady growth, the benefits touted are largely on the back end – after the individual returns. Almost uniformly, employees return to their jobs feeling renewed, committed, more engaged and provides plenty of cross-training opportunities for the employees who pick up the slack. The freedom to explore life […]