My Career Took off Once I Became Re-Engaged at Work
I’m sharing a guest blog that has great advice on becoming re-engaged at work. – Coach Wolfgang At the end of 2014, I was denied a promotion and received a paltry raise. My boss said she appreciated my work and that I achieved my goals but her hands were tied on giving a higher raise […]
5 Steps You Must Take Today for a Better Future Career Path
We all want to create a better future career, right? In my experience with clients, I’ve yet to meet someone who would like their career to go backwards – make less money, less growth opportunity, etc. If you agree then are you taking the right steps to move your career forward? Many of my clients […]
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 […]
Top 4 Ways to Determine Career Salaries
The topic of identifying career salaries regularly comes up in coaching sessions. My clients who are searching for a job or interested in a promotion need to understand the market before starting their negotiation. Individuals want to be paid what they are worth in the marketplace and for the skills and experience they bring to […]
How to Choose a Career Using LinkedIn
Linked In recently published their list of the 25 hottest professional skills of 2014. The list is based on what skills got people hired and kept recruiters searching this past year. It’s a very good source for how to choose a career because it’s based on reality – the largest social network for business professionals. […]
Letting Go of The “Least-Worst” Career Option
Many of my clients face challenges in their job searches. For example, they may be looking for a job that is less in demand than the supply applying for the position. They may be considered over-qualified for a particular position but not qualified enough for a position one step up. This can wear on an […]
Baby Steps to find the Courage to Change Careers
Changing careers can be overwhelming, exciting, scary, and very rewarding. Change isn’t easy because most people like what they are familiar with. People lean towards a certain sense of safety and predictability when the situation is new. When we are given the choice between bad, but familiar, and uncertainty, our natural human tendency is bad, […]
A Career Coach’s Answer to, “What Career Should I Choose?”
“I wish you could tell me what career I should choose.” I routinely hear some version of this quote from clients. That line has a more personal meaning to me since I said that to a career coach when I was in the midst of a career transition! My Career Transition I was not fulfilled […]
Use the Holiday Season to Start Your 2014 Job Search
November and December can be a very busy time with holiday shopping, parties, and events. What is often overlooked is that these months are a perfect time to begin implementing career strategies for the new year. Below is a list of the top three activities you can do in December to get your career off […]
Two Proven Ways to Approach your Job Search
I was speaking with a client of mine a few weeks ago about the number of ideas he is considering for his next career step. We talked about the difference between a laser focus approach to his career search verses an approach that more closely resembles the wide spray from a fire extinguisher. I loved […]