Well, 2020 was a bust. Maybe you had some good things happen. (I hope you did!) My guess is that at least one good thing happened to you, and most likely more. But still, it’d be nice to shake off 2020 and create a new start in 2021. So how do we move forward into […]
I have to tell you this because I think we all need to hear it: There’s no such thing as job security. That was true before the Covid-19 pandemic, but it’s even more evident now. On one hand, I think we were all starting to see the cracks in this ideal, that there are some […]
I hear a lot of unfounded ideas of how to find a job that is right for you. Nothing breaks my heart more than people accidentally getting in their own way! And that’s exactly what career myths are: lies we’ve been told that are keeping up from achieving happiness. So far I’ve dispelled several myths […]
You didn’t land your dream job this year, but that’s okay. You had other things going on. If anything, it’s made your resolve to find a new job even stronger. Nothing at work has changed, except your patience to tolerate uninteresting projects and a continuously increasing workload. You don’t want so much to land a […]
Over the handful of months, I’ve taken it upon myself to dispel unfounded and harmful myths about careers and the job-searching process. These career myths are straight from the clients’ mouths—we all seem to think we know what a career should look like and how to build it, but sometimes we couldn’t be more wrong. […]
This career myth is a big one. A lot (and I mean a lot) of people think that changing careers, no matter at what age, whether they’re right out of college or in their 50s, is too risky a move. They think changing careers is for other people, not them. (Sound familiar yet?) For this […]
More and more I hear people talk about the importance of having healthy self-talk—making sure the dialogue in your head is helpful, accurate, and caring. This goes for the stories we tell ourselves too. We carry around a lot of preconceived ideas about what we should be doing and how we should be going about […]
Sometimes you learn more about your personal brand when things don’t go as planned. Susan had landed her “dream job” working in healthcare management as a project manager. Without any prior experience in the industry, she landed a new job and was thrilled. How did she do it? She worked hard and she did all […]
I’m totally ripping off Penelope Trunk by using this blog title. This week Penelope is hosting a 4-hour webinar on this topic. She’ll be covering things like uncovering your dream job, creating a three-month plan, and how to transform your resume into a superstar resume. Penelope has coached a few of my friends/acquaintances, so I […]
