There are times when circumstances at your workplace prompt you to go in for a career change. Your frustration could arise from factors like working hours, the pay packet, your boss, sometimes even an annoying colleague.

Is the present state of your career leaving you frustrated? Would you like to make a career forward move at work? If the answer to these questions is yes, you might consider trying career advancement by asking for a promotion.

If you happen to be in the middle of a job search at the moment, you may be suffering secondary symptoms of the employers' complaint, LTTH or long time to hire. The recruitment process just seems to be dragging on endlessly and meanwhile you are tearing your hair out.

Career transitions can be very stressful. Everybody copes differently with stress; however, for most, a downsizing of their careers is difficult to handle. It is a crisis not only of feeling unstable about your future, but also about your present. It may be a crucial turning point where it's difficult to be sure whether a decision you have made is a right career move or not.

If there is one thing which seems to get jobseekers backs up more than anything, it is headhunters. The main complaints are that they are pushier than a second-hand car salesman, that they never return your calls and that they often don't seem to understand the requirements of the position. So, is there anything that can be said in defense of the recruiter?

In these days of Web 2.0 technology where self-publishing, and therefore self-publicizing, is king, job seekers have endless opportunities to put themselves out there via websites, blogs and business and social networking sites.

Maintaining a sense of self-discipline when you have been unemployed for a while can be really tough. The trouble is, when the days and the weeks seem to be stretching before you and there is always tomorrow, procrastination can so easily become the order of the day.

I recently stumbled across an article which really got me thinking about career changes and the dilemmas that they present us with. The article looked at a range of careers which, according to the writer, have a better image than they perhaps deserve. It considered the common perception of the job first, and then looked at the reality of what it actually entails.

What do you do if you are consistently passed over for a promotion due to a lack of experience in a particular area or the lack of a particular skill? Or if you wish to move to a different employer or a different job and the same applies?

One of the basic principles of selling is that people do not buy features, they buy benefits, and this is a principle which can equally well be applied when it comes to "selling" yourself.