Imagine you could choose between a job that you'd really like where you'd make so-so money, and a job that you'd hate but where you'd earn twice as much money.

Although it's easy to say, there is more to a career than the amount of money you'll earn.

I feel that people should plan for the long term when making career decisions. It's hard to plan for the long term when you are talking about taking a job that you feel you're going to hate.

You might not last long enough in that job to even worry about the long term if you hate it as much as you think you will and end up quitting to look for a job you'll like. You might find that earning the amount of money you're expecting just isn't worth it.

Will making twice as much money in this job be worth the fact that you'll hate it?

Are you absolutely certain that you will actually hate the job?

Is there any chance that the job you'd like might end up being more lucrative than you expect?

At the end of the day, you'll need to make the choice yourself but when making career decisions it's usually best to look beyond just the money that's involved.

You never know when the job (or the money) will run out or when its importance will suddenly not be worth the hassle.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!