Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about going to a high-priced college, work/life [...]
There are shelves full of books about personal development. In the end the process is pretty simple. It’s not necessarily easy, but it’s simple. Here’s my idea of how it works.
Figure out your career strength. You can use this same process in other parts of your life, but this blog is about your career.
A career [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about options for older job seekers, hiring [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about getting feedback when you’re turned down [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about making the most of bad situations, [...]
The headline in my Charlotte Observer this morning says it all. “Thousands of Charlotte layoffs likely after Wachovia’s stunning fall.” There are headlines like that all around the country these days.
The financial crisis means there will be lots of layoffs. There will be mergers, too. What do you do if you’re in one of the [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about managing you professional image, avoiding career [...]
I spent some time this weekend at a party where there were lots of young people. They were mostly aged 25 to 30. This is their first serious downturn.
One of the good things about being 62 is that I’ve been up and down through the cycle more than once. So several of them came over [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about finding a mentor, your office walls, [...]
Elaine was one of my first career coaching clients. It was early in our relationship that she gave me a big insight.
Elaine wasn’t happy in her first job out of college. She wanted a change. I suggested to her that she imagine an ideal day five years in the future.
Her shoulders slumped. “That’s what all [...]