Your Career Road Trip…

Your Career Road Trip…

Your career is the biggest road trip you will ever take, and on this trip, the journey is the destination. You know where you’ve been. Do you know where you are going? Recently, I had a chance meeting with an old colleague of mine about her career and the planning...
5 STEPS TO PREPARE FOR A LAYOFF

5 STEPS TO PREPARE FOR A LAYOFF

I’ve provided outplacement services to several thousand people throughout my career, and the one thing they all have in common is this:  no one was prepared for losing their job. Despite company communication about pending “reductions in force,” sudden economic...
HITTING THE WALL – MANAGING JOB SEARCH BURNOUT

HITTING THE WALL – MANAGING JOB SEARCH BURNOUT

There comes a time in your job campaign when you find yourself saying, “I thought I’d have landed by now.” Physically and emotionally exhausted from the long-term stress of job search, you find yourself burned-out and unmotivated to perform daily tasks. You’ve hit...
HOW PEOPLE LAND JOBS

HOW PEOPLE LAND JOBS

Signs are everywhere: “We’re hiring!” Excuses, too: “Please be patient – we are short on staff today.” We’re bombarded by media reports documenting there are not enough workers to manufacture products, transport, unload and deliver goods to market. We hear workers are...
PERSONAL BRANDING

PERSONAL BRANDING

The rise of social media and its ever-increasing role in recruiting and job search puts personal brands in the spotlight like never before. Whether or not you think you have a brand, you have one – even the absence of a brand is a brand. What does your online presence...
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WORK IN LIFE?

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF WORK IN LIFE?

Knowing the answer to this seemingly simple question has proven to be far more complex than many understand. Translating your answer into a career direction is where the reward resides. Our life is a complicated combination of different moments of action and inaction...