How to Make Your Work More Fulfilling
I am currently taking Tara Mohr’s Playing Big Facilitator training. I am learning so much and gaining great information and tools to use with clients. I cannot wait to begin using this information on a larger scale! In our very first session, Tara posed the following question to us: what is your work a laboratory […]
Who needs a Career Coach?
The differences between a job, a career and a calling Before we go over the reasons, lets first establish the difference between a career, a job, and a calling. For the sake of this article, let’s go with the simplest of definitions: A job is a paid activity primarily to pay your bills. A job […]
How to Create Your Career Goals
The why, what, how approach. Ever wonder why those New Years Resolutions never seem to make it past January? Don’t let that happen to your career goals this year. It’s never too late to start changing direction to what you want. Here’s a setup that has worked for me. The Why Before diving into your […]
Could Your Strengths Actually be Liabilities?
I do a lot of work with my clients as a career development specialist to recognize their strengths as they relate to their career. We may use strengths in identifying career paths, or in work with how to best brand yourself, or how to discuss strengths within the context of an interview. More recently, I […]
A Fulfilling Career Requires Maintenance
If you are fortunate enough to have a fulfilling career, you can probably distinctly recall the challenges you faced getting to where you are. You’re probably not interested in going through those again! Here’s the key to avoiding future career challenges: maintenance. We don’t often think about the maintenance of our career but, just like […]
Why Don’t I Believe in Myself?
Please read this guest blog from a client of mine. It’s an uplifting story about the power of exploring who you are. I saw a great job description the other day – Director of Operations at a downtown start-up. It had all the things that I want to be doing! I felt confident about meeting […]
A Rare Story: A Great Employee Meets a Great Employer
The other day I was at the playground watching my two girls run around and play. I struck up a conversation with another parent there and we started talking about her career… go figure! She told me a wonderful story… Well, I quit my job 6 months ago! I’m in business development and I oversee […]
How Employees Can Negotiate for a Higher Salary
Thanks to Noel Griffith for his guest blog. A brief bio is below. – Amy One of the most effective ways to get an increase in your salary is to negotiate an increase with the person responsible for signing off on it. This may be when you are first offered a position, or in your […]
It Doesn’t Have to Be Bad to Be Better
I was talking with a friend the other day about various aspects of life and she made this comment, “it doesn’t have to be bad to be better.” I found it very insightful and very relevant to the work I do every day. Many people feel “fine” in their jobs. They might not look forward […]
Where Do I Find the Fastest Growing Careers?
Many of my clients are working through a career transition. They are moving from one career path to another. Once they are in the decision-making process of determining what career is the best fit, they oftentimes ask the questions: What are some of the fastest growing careers? What occupations seem like they are in higher […]