Actionable steps for a productive job search
The job search process can seem like a mystery. It can be particularly confusing if you plan to return to work after a long break, are changing careers, or are in the middle of...
Tagged: time management
Strategy and timing will outperform wishing and hoping
If you’ve started this year with good intent but are already in a fog, you still have time to get back on track. Your New Year’s resolutions may have been the catalyst, but your...
Get control of your job search
If you think an improved economy will make it easy to get a job, think again. Some jobs may be easier to get. But are any of those jobs right for you? The qualifier,...
Recalibrating when your employer’s goals have changed
Staying too long in a role can have extremely negative ramifications for your mental health and marketability. So you may have questions. What is too long and how do you know? What needs to...
Strategies for the New Year: Get more out of your career and life
Starting a New Year with high expectations and no strategy can lead to disappointment. If you’re ready to get more of what you want out of your career and life this year, take control....
Goals are your recipe for success
Many times we rely on intentions that don’t get us anywhere. There is something in many of us that makes us think we can skip goal setting and go straight to execution. We just...
Networking requires more than visibility
To many, networking is an extracurricular activity to pursue “when there is time”. Or, it’s an activity you engage in when you were between jobs. It took a while, but somewhere along the line...
Why you need values-based goals
The past two years have been challenging. High velocity change has become the norm and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. This constant and persistent change may leave you thinking there is no reason...
Poor time management can derail your career
There is more to becoming a workplace hero than coming up with great ideas. Solutions require actions. Delays or poor timing of actionable items can end up stomping out great ideas and cause the...
Job search – Rules of engagement
In a previous blog, I addressed why throwing resumes at job postings is an ineffective job search strategy. Now that you have an overview of the job search process, it’s time to get better...
