Start the New Year with more than your good intentions
We probably all begin a new year with good intentions. Many people make resolutions to lose weight, improve their eating habits, or get a new job, to name a few. If these sound like...
Tagged: career satisfaction
Take charge of your future at work
The employment market has experienced significant ups and downs in the past three years. Some people appeared shocked. But from my experience, not much is new. Trends demonstrate that when companies over-hire or when...
Time management is essential to a successful job search
Over the years, I’ve watched people struggle to navigate obstacles to rewarding employment. I’ve spent a career dissecting why people get stuck in dead-end jobs and stalled job searches. The reasons vary, yet many...
Getting a job in a tough market
A tough market and your ability to get employed won’t change by casting blame. Finding work will happen faster if you’re realistic, forward-thinking, and active. Your chances can improve if you create a plan...
Overcoming being overqualified
In a tight job market, the competition for the prime jobs is tough. If you’ve reached for the stars and come out empty-handed, looking at less senior roles is an option. You may say...
What goes up must come down
For those of us who were in the middle of the dot com bust in the early 2000s, the job market over the past two years is no surprise. What we learned then was...
It’s time to get help with your job search
There are many reasons why people are stuck in a dead-end job or prolong an unsuccessful job search process. Most people need help to figure out why. If you’ve been unemployed for too long,...
When procrastination limits your options or spoils your anticipated outcomes
Procrastination may be one of the most self-sabotaging and all too common behaviors leading to someone’s failure to achieve their career/work-related goals. All too often people wait until they are actually laid off before...
Benefits of working independently (vs. having a J-O-B) — through the eyes of an entrepreneur
Prior to starting my own career coaching, consulting and training business, I felt restricted by the inherent politics of working for someone else. The last time I was forced to part ways with an...
Keeping options open vs. failing to commit
Failing to commit has sometimes been recognized as a West Coast issue, but I haven’t seen hard statistics about it. I don’t really know if this trend is limited to one area or not,...
