It’s been almost a month since you’ve graduated, and maybe you’ve scrolled through Indeed.com or made a LinkedIn profile. You’ve celebrated with friends and dodged as many “So now what are you going to do” inquiries from well-meaning family members. But it’s July now, and mild panic has started to creep up. Don’t panic yet! […]
Networking has a bad rap, doesn’t it? Some find it sleazy. Others find it inconvenient and tiring. And some find it just plain awkward. But it’s because it has a corporatey jargon sort of name—networking. Networking needs a rebranding, or better yet, it needs a name that actually describes what should be happening. Befriending. Making […]
At a recent breakfast meeting with HR professionals, as we waited with coffee in hand for the program to start, I asked the recruiters and hiring managers sitting at my table about their perspectives on cover letters. Here’s what I learned: If there’s something that needs to be explained—perhaps a gap in employment or why […]
I’ve been walking several times a week with a friend. We hike through the hills in our neighborhood and at the end of the hour, I’ve easily gotten 90+ flights of stairs and 10,000 steps logged on my Fitbit. We chat the entire hour. We discuss politics, the economy, technology, work, family, new recipes we’ve […]
In the first of a 3-part series about what I as a Career Coach get asked all the time, this blog post features the question: “Do I have to use LinkedIn in my job search?” (Link to the 2nd part of the series) (Link to the 3rd part of the series) No. You don’t have to […]
For some reason, summer always makes me think about passion. Maybe it’s the hot temperatures and all of the fun summer memories from my childhood – tent camping in the backyard, riding my bicycle to the unheated public swimming pool for 7:00 a.m. lessons (I kid you not!) and eating homemade popcorn out of a […]
How is it that you see other professionals in your field or in other fields that just seem to attract new job opportunities, without really trying? Maybe they know something that you don’t? If you haven’t been “out there” looking for a new step in your career in a while… stay tuned because things have […]
This isn’t an article about resolutions. Never been a fan of them, never will be. If you haven’t yet figured out whether resolutions are a good thing for you, one more article isn’t going to help. And really, who cares what I think about resolutions? On the other hand… are you ready for some straight […]
Every time I’m asked one of these questions, I cringe. I usually take a deep breath and then the words just tumble out. I ramble on. I never answer these questions the same way twice and I’m embarrassed I don’t have better answers. I’m not sharing these questions so you won’t ask them of me; […]
