Is it Ageism or Your Attitude?
Is it Ageism or Your Attitude? There is an ongoing debate about age discrimination in the work place that has been around for a very long time. Since we will continue to have younger...
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How Committed Are You To Getting The Results You Seek?
Many people start off the New Year with good intentions for fulfilling resolutions, but their interest and enthusiasm often wanes away by the end of February. This year, make a difference in your life....
Make a Commitment to Reach Your Career Goals
Too often, people establish career goals the same way they make New Year’s resolutions. The problem with resolutions is that they fade away, are forgotten, and are only a distant memory by February. To...
When Networking Goes Bad
For 15+ years, networking has been my first and foremost prescribed method for an effective job search. Most people understand that people want to work with those they already know and like. Employers would...
Behavior Changes Can Help a Stalled Job Search
For people re-entering the job market after 10 or 20 years of continued employment, and those having been out of the market for three years or more, the changes that have taken place may...
Investing in an Interview
It continues to surprise me when I receive emails from people I have either not heard from for months, or have never heard from before at all, that go something like this: “I have...
Leveraging Unsuccessful Interviews
In previous posts, I have addressed the need to invest time in preparation and being able to bounce back when things don’t go as planned. Tracking your activities and learning why things don’t go...
Resiliency- How Do You Measure Up?
This has been a year filled with endings: banks failing, businesses closing their doors, homes going into foreclosure. Everyone has been impacted by the turbulence in the business world, and the need to adjust...
Making Ends Meet in a Slow Economy
A bartender/server we recently met at a new wine shop in a nearby neighborhood captured my attention. Watching him and listening to his small talk with patrons struck me as something pretty significant- enough...
How to know when it is time to change your approach to your job search
You are not working and: You live in Seattle and already have a tan You have not missed one of your kids’ softball or soccer games or practices, and they begin at 3:00 PM...
