Marc Miller

If Marc Miller could have seen the future when he wrote his first book: Repurpose Your Career, A Practical Guide for Baby Boomers, he might have called it Life As You Know It Is About to Change…A Lot.

Since the 2008 economic downtown left many Baby Boomers unable to retire, Marc decided to use his own experiences to help others pivot to a career that would fulfill them for the next 20 years. In his second book, Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life he addressed the fact that the people seeking him out weren’t all Baby Boomers. Many in Generation X were also either dissatisfied with their careers or were being displaced by ongoing technological and social disruption.

Repurpose Your Career third edition responds to another huge shift in work: In this age of disruption, digitization, and the gig economy, people need a new mindset and strategies to become continual learners, create their own flexible careers, and cope with ageism.

This book helps them do it. Miller’s Career Pivot.com has been listed as a top career site by organizations including Forbes and Career Sherpa, and his strategies for a career transition have been featured on Mashable, Life Hacker, Money, Flexjobs and Sixty & Me. His second book was listed as one of the best career books of all time by Book Authority.

Baby Boomers were raised to be obedient employees. We were expected to go to work for father-like corporations that would take care of us. But the world has changed. Those days are gone.

We now need to look at ourselves as products—well-defined products that can be promoted worldwide. This is defined by personal brand. Can you afford to ignore developing and promoting your personal brand? If you want to stay employed for the next 20 years (which many Baby Boomers will need to do), that answer is: No.

In Personal Branding for Baby Boomers, Marc Miller breaks down the steps to building a great online reputation, specifically tailored to those 50+ who find themselves job hunting or competing for work in today’s “LOOK AT ME!” business environment. How can you compete for jobs with digital-savvy Generation Xers and sharp-witted Millennials? You can. Marc Miller will give you the blueprints to put your best face forward. You’ll find easy-to-follow, candid advice on:
•Why and how to build a personal brand
•How to write your own personal brand story
•Establishing credibility through blogging and even writing your own book
•Setting up social media profiles that can help you stay relevant and increase your competitive edge

Each chapter comes with downloadable action steps to get you started immediately.

The 3rd edition of the book is now available. Search for the Kindle edition using “ASIN: B07XLDRPDK” and the Paperback edition using “ISBN-10: 0988700557”

When you’re in the second half of life, everything looks different, and your career is no exception. Did you miss the path to a really satisfying career? Is it too late to change? And what do you do about money in the meantime? The world is changing fast. Whole industries are being disrupted by technology, globalization is changing the boundaries of the workplace and nobody s sure what skills will be important tomorrow. If you re in the second half of life, you re experiencing your own shifts and upheavals, finding as we all do that things aren t as we thought they would be when we hit our 40s and beyond. You need a strategy to figure out where to go from here. Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life provides that strategy. Career design expert Marc Miller helps you repurpose your old career, using the experience you ve gained so far to make practical pivots into a new career. He teaches you to identify what you, uniquely, need for a happy work life in the long term. He gives specific advice on knowing yourself, building a tribe, networking strategically, using social media and interviewing successfully.

If you’re a Baby Boomer, is it too late to change careers? Many Baby Boomers either can’t retire or don’t want to, but they want a change. Maybe a career they’ve always dreamed of or just something more fulfilling. Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for Baby Boomers shows that change is possible.
It requires a strategy and a series of practical steps including:
*Study yourself to understand your core needs in a way you probably never did with your first career. Like what kinds of rewards do you prefer? What kind of boss do you work best with? How much physical activity do you need? How do you like to make decisions? What are your needs not only for money but for time and freedom?
*Strategically network with people in the field you’re interested in to find out what the job is really like.
*Develop a statement about what kind of job you’re looking that covers all your core needs.
*Build a tribe of people who can help you make your transition, including introducing you to others connected in the field.
*Work on your skill set including using LinkedIn and other social media effectively.
*Negotiate for what you want, beginning with items that have more to do with your quality of life than money.
Repurpose Your Career not only gives practical, step-by-step advice for how to make a successful transition, but deals with the challenging issues of having to ask for help from others and having to become the novice again after years of working to become an expert.
If you’re looking to find a career that meets your needs and you can grow into for the next 20 years, this book is the roadmap you’re looking for.

With the rise of the Internet, the hiring process was automated but little really changed. Only candidates that were actively looking were considered.

Then came social.

Job search has flipped from applying to being found. It is all about being visible to the right people. Companies now find talent, whether or not the talent is looking. Recruiters search for the ideal candidates on social media and the Internet.

We will discuss:
How to use LinkedIn and Twitter to actively engage and connect strategically and tactically

How to identify local and remote companies that are capable of hiring you

How to identify individuals who can help you properly vet companies

Presentation given at SxSWi in April 2015 as part of the Personal PowerWorks: Power Your Personal Brand and Career –> http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_OE03703

With the rise of the Internet, the hiring process was automated but little really changed. Only candidates that were actively looking were considered.

Then came social.

Job search has flipped from applying to being found. It is all about being visible to the right people. Companies now find talent, whether or not the talent is looking. Recruiters search for the ideal candidates on social media and the Internet.

We will discuss:
How to use LinkedIn and Twitter to actively engage and connect strategically and tactically

How to identify local and remote companies that are capable of hiring you

How to identify individuals who can help you properly vet companies

You have a brand! Whether you like or not! Your brand tells the world and prospective employers who you are! LinkedIn tells the world what you do and what problems you solve for your client or employer. This session we will discuss how to create your professional brand in your LinkedIn Profile such that people will remember you. We will discuss: – Your picture – It is far more important than you think – Your headline – It needs to demonstrate your brand – Your brand story – You should NOT write this yourself but find someone to write it for you – How to demonstrate to prospective employers that YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF – How to make sure you are found by prospective employers This will be an extension of my presentation that I will be giving at SxSWi – Personal PowerWorks: Power Your Personal Brand and Career http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_OE03703