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One piece of generic advice for job seekers: try to find a job from that allows you to define your own role, rewards you for what you can accomplish and from which the only route to failure is a personal one.

I left the corporate world about 20 years ago, resigning from GE in my mid 40s. I joined Kidder, Peabody as a rookie broker. I thought I was moving from a low risk environment to a high risk one. I was wrong. Friends who stayed at GE are now looking for jobs or wondering about their job security. Meanwhile, I am working for my clients numbering in the hundred, who give me job security.

If I were starting a job search, I would see about starting my own service business: mowing lawns, washing cars, opening a restaurant, doing what I know best, but working for myself. The future is unlimited and you don’t have to worry about corporate downsizing or office politics.

My advice: don’t look for a job … create one.

opening a restaurant...

Bad advice. Restaurants are one of the toughest businesses to get into. Sometimes you work hard all day...just to break even.