As college graduation season wraps up soon, it seemed like as good a time as any to remind everyone why hiring a career coach can be the difference between getting the job and NOT even getting an interview. .. Would you pull your own tooth? Wire your own home for electricity? Do you cut your […]
Work Getting Lonely?
photo by mrhappy Feeling lonely at work? Work by yourself or from home and miss all of that great office banter? The exchange of ideas? The politics? Keith Ferrazzi suggests seeking out a peer for support and camaraderie. It’s a great idea to find a colleague who is in your field or a complementary field (a […]
Don’t Dread Working a Room – Revise Your Thinking for Career Success
It’s always a good time for a reminder of the importance of extending ourselves in order to meet job success – literally. Jason Jacobsohn at Networking Insight suggested that networkers who dread a room full of strangers change their mindsets to take full advantage of the potentially beneficial contacts before them. He suggests the following […]
Should You Have a Board of Advisors?
Recently, Marci Alboher’s Shifting Career’s article in the New York Times hosted a guest author on the topic of a personal board of advisors: A personal board of directors is simply a collection of people who know you, are interested in your well-being, and have useful points of view. You consult with them on a […]
Solutions for Work Gossip
Did you know that 60% of employees consider gossip their number one pet peeve at work? This, according to a Randstad USA survey reported in Newsweek’s March 10th issue, Loose Lips Sink Shifts, by Anna Kuchment. Kuchment’s article reports that, at one small Chicago firm, the problem was so big that they attacked the issue of […]