Much of the work I do is with clients who are hoping to make a career change. Shifting gears from one industry or role, to a totally new one, is probably one of the biggest challenges for a job seeker to face. This is especially true if the job seeker has been in one industry or …
Finding Career Fulfillment
How to Turn Your Volunteer Work Into a Paying Job
Client Spotlight: The newly employed Katherine on the job after turning her volunteer work into a great opportunity! If you’ve been following my blog lately, you’ll notice a focus on volunteerism and its benefits around career management. In sticking with this theme, I thought it might be helpful to share a success story and 9 …
22 Transferable Skills to Gain from Volunteering
In the world of career management, volunteering can serve to offer a ton of benefits. One major benefit of volunteering is the ability to build up your transferable skills. This is especially valuable if you are hoping to leverage your volunteer work for your next career opportunity. Transferable skills are skills you possess based on …
10 Reasons Why Volunteering is a Good Career Move
Doing good without expecting anything in return is pretty darn awesome! In fact I am privileged enough to meet tons of individuals like this in my line of work (shoutout AmeriCorps peeps)! However doing good can also be a huge benefit to your career-related goals & general well-being whether or you know it or not. …
How to earn six figures without an M.D. or Doctorate
One question I receive rather frequently is whether or not an MBA or Masters degree is worth it in the world of career advancement. There’s no easy answer to this question because the answer is entirely subjective based on your career goals, target industry, etc. However if you’re after career advancement for a higher salary, …
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When Is It OK to Quit Your Job Without Another Lined Up?
By Robin Madell Originally featured in US News and World Report November 25, 2014. You’re miserable in your job and want to quit, but there’s no other job waiting in the wings. Whether you want to move on because your boss is driving you crazy, because your position is a poor fit or because you …
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4 Winning Strategies for Building Your Professional Brand
In my last post I wrote about the importance of an annual professional brand audit as part of the smart professional’s career management strategy. In this post, I’m going to continue on with some branding odds n’ ends to help you keep pushing yourself to achieve professional brand all-star status (so that you can breeze through the …
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10 Steps to a Successful Career Change
You’ve finally decided that this is the year you’re going to get serious about landing a new job – congrats! You have an idea of what you would like to do next and you’re relatively excited about it, but there’s one giant hurdle standing in your way:you don’t have any experience. Entering the job search …
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A No Fail Plan for Achieving Your Career Goals [8 Steps]
Career goal failure is pretty similar to job search failure or a stifled career in that it can cause one to fail quick and become paralyzed as an after-effect. I see this all the time in my coaching practice when clients come to me for help. Job seekers get stuck in an unfruitful job search …
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Why Veterans Rock (And Why You Should Hire Them)
I don’t come from a military background, so I’m no expert in veteran affairs, but I do know one thing: when it comes to veterans, I have the utmost respect. If you think about it, veterans are amongst the closest you’ll come to encountering real-life Marvel action heroes. They are the first in line to …
Job Search Got You Down? How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Search
The job search can really be a downer. I shudder when I think back to my post-grad school job search because it was absolutely the worst! Can you say: “Constant rejection, endless applications, a whole lotta confusion and a side of frustration?” (Yep, that about sums it up)! How Frustration Hurts Your Search In fact, the reason I …
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The Trick to Achieving Your Career Goals
Writing you from the trenches of 1WK2NEW Bootcamp which has been an incredible week of insights, progress and movement towards some seriously life-changing goals! In fact I have to get back to the group, but I wanted to check in and share a quick insight that might be helpful if you are having trouble making traction when …
