If you’ve been looking hard, and haven’t found a job worth cheering about, it’s time to return to job search basics. But before you dig in, look around and see where you are: Are you sending out dozens of resumes and getting no responses? Are you toying with giving them out at basketball games? Have [...]
Career Transitions
We’re getting calls and emails from readers who have questions and concerns about layoffs. Here’s a sampling: “With all this talk about layoffs, I’m so worried I can’t concentrate on my job. What can I do?” The last thing you want to do is worry yourself out of a job. Change your unrealized fear from [...]
You went for an interview and you weren’t invited back. What went wrong? It’s hard to know for sure, but the following may shed some light on the mystery. It was your physical appearance: If you were a mess on interview day, one can only wonder how you’d appear once you’re on the job. Clean, [...]
Do you need a college degree for career success? Achieving career success requires determination, focus, drive, courage and commitment. It takes more than a degree. It takes an education. Be open to information that flies in the face of your view of the world. Be willing to let go of your perspective long enough to [...]
“I can’t help but wonder what he’ll do once he isn’t working here anymore. This place seems to be his whole life; what happens when it isn’t?” I bet you know him. He comes to work early and stays late. He’s known as a company man. He’s dedicated, loyal, with a work ethic that challenges [...]
“What do I want to do next?” Are you ready to do something else? Or are you facing retirement, an empty-nest, loss of a spouse or job, feelings of stagnation or dissatisfaction or have other life circumstances changed? First things first Income: “Can I do whatever I want, or do I need to earn an [...]
This is the story of one business that would have survived normal times. However, like many businesses, errors that would have caused hardship in other circumstances, caused this business to fail in extraordinary times. I could take you back before 2008 into the history of this 85 year old family held company, with 400 employees, [...]
Introducing…. After 30+ years in the corporate world, I have left to start my own consulting business. Leaving was something that I had considered for many years. And for the last ten years, I had worked 80% time in the corporate world so that I could devote 20% of my time to consulting. But I [...]
Guest author, Michele Woodward once again provides some great insight about evaluating one’s career and life. Sometimes we forget where we are, lost in the day-to-day responsibility of life, we have to stop and think to realize we may have gotten off on the wrong path. Michele’s post is one we can all relate to [...]
Coach Michele Woodward has a way with words. Her recent post caught my eye and I asked for permission to reprint it. The links within the post will take you to Michele’s blog, which you may enjoy reading if you are a coach or someone considering hiring a coach. Michele has been writing about different [...]