Navigating Four Common Career Transitions

Some career transitions are exciting, while others can leave you feeling adrift.

Life transitions often throw us for a loop, and this certainly includes career transitions. Sometimes they’re planned, but many times they are unexpected and challenging. However, when we examine how these transitions might occur, they become easier to plan for.

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Kathy Longo

Kathy Longo is a Certified Financial Planner® practitioner, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®, and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst with over twenty-five years of wealth management experience. She is the founder and president of Flourish Wealth Management, an independent boutique wealth management firm in the Minneapolis area.

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