“A change is gonna come.” – Sam Cooke “Change is the only constant in life.” –Heraclitus Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “There are only two certainties in life—death and taxes.” I don’t want to contradict the iconic Mr. Franklin…but the fact is, he was wrong on this point. Rather, he counted wrong. In […]
The holiday season may be “the most wonderful time of the year”—but that doesn’t necessarily make it easy. For some, it’s a particularly stressful time due to the pressures of family expectations, buying gifts and fitting all those holiday parties into the schedule. If you’re in between jobs, these pressures can be amplified. You might […]
“All successful people have a goal.” Norman Vincent Peale In my previous post, I shared my 5 steps to take to have a successful day. (If you haven’t read it yet—please go and read it.) But there’s actually more to the story. You can’t really declare a day to be “successful” if you haven’t yet […]
Mindfulness isn’t difficult—we just need to remember to do it!” — Sharon Salzberg These days, we hear a lot of talk about the importance of “mindfulness” and being “present.” I think the reason we hear this is that most people aren’t. (Present, that is.) In our hectic lifestyle which seems to get more hectic by […]
I often find that my clients on both ends of the age spectrum are the ones who are most self-conscious about their job search. On one side, we’ve got high school and college graduates who are sometimes intimidated the big wide workforce where everyone in the office is more experienced (and by inference, more qualified). […]
If you’ve been recently unemployed, there’s unfortunately no magic formula to predict how long it will take to land a new job. There are just too many factors in play, including the economy, the job market, your own personal motivation, etc. One study says in today’s job market the average length of time between jobs […]
News flash: There’s no set formula for landing the perfect job—although it certainly would make my job easier if there were. There are, in fact, many pathways to finding gainful employment in the career field of your choice. We’ve talked about a few of these pathways in recent blog posts, including job fairs, taking temp-to-hire […]
On the surface, it sounds like a perfect opportunity. You’re looking for a job, and there’s a job fair scheduled in your area where you can get into a room full of companies looking to hire. What better place could there be to find work? And yet, there are those who have expressed mixed feelings […]
If you’re in the midst of a job search that is dragging on longer than you expected, you may begin to feel additional pressure to get income from wherever you can find it. (Legally, of course.) This begs the question whether you should start looking for temporary job openings. Temp work can be a mixed […]
It’s the classic “catch-22” for anyone trying to land their first job, or anyone trying to change careers. How do you get the job without experience? But how do you get experience unless someone gives you a job?? “Experience required.” “Experience preferred.” For years, this has been the classic barrier to entry for so many […]