Help Create a Caring Workplace and Economy!

As a psychotherapist and career counselor starting out in the mid-80’s, my biggest surprise has been how many people come in my office and complain not about their work, but about their dysfunctional workplace. They’ve talked and still talk about a lack of vision and organization among managers resulting in chaos and confusion, distrust among […]

Career Pursuit through the Lens of Travel: A Dispatch from India

Comparing and contrasting with another culture can be a useful exercise as you look at where you are and where you would like to be in your career. My recent travel to India yielded numerous insights as I witnessed, conversed about and even attempted to practice some local approaches to both everyday life and careers. […]

Job Search Organization Part Two – Time Management

Looking for work is hard work.  This is especially true given the various tasks involved.  These include creating an accomplishment based resume, cover letter templates, social media profiles and marketing plans. It’s no wonder some of us procrastinate.  Then there are the activities involved in job search. Networking, sourcing job leads, interviewing and negotiating. These […]

Job Search Organization

Part of a successful job search involves getting organized. The same holds true for professional development within your current organization.  A good career counselor can help you sort out the steps to put the right documents together to communicate with potential employers. The first thing is goal setting.  Be clear on the type of role […]

Myth of Job Security Explodes During Government Shutdown!

The recent government shutdown of 35 days leaves no doubt government jobs don’t hold the security they once did. The 800,000 workers affected suddenly found “a stable job” now high risk. (Julie Bosman New York Times January 27, 2019) Given the intensity of this wake up call, people will continue to reevaluate the government as […]

Use Curiosity To Open Doors In Your Career

“My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.” – Mario Testino When we’re stuck in our work lives, it can feel like we don’t have any possibilities, any choices. This can show up as external roadblocks […]

Achieve Your 2019 Career Goals: Make A LOT of Mistakes

Seems like more and more of us are foregoing New Year’s resolutions. Maybe it’s because we’ve learned that resolutions, however well-intended, aren’t easy to sustain once the freshness of the new year has worn off. Or perhaps we’ve discovered that setting bite-sized goals is more effective when most of us have something we’d like to […]

Four Things You Can Do When Your Job is Going Well

Even when your job is going well – you feel engaged, you can see opportunities for advancement, and you feel well compensated for your work – it’s important to perform what I call “ongoing career maintenance.” These are little things you can do to keep yourself primed and ready should you find yourself wanting a […]

We Don’t Arrive, We Grow

It’s common for any of us to become dissatisfied with work.   Whether we’re simply no longer happy or there is a longing for more meaning, it behooves us to address unhappiness at work and prevent it from spilling over to the rest of our lives. While work will never meet all our needs for personal […]

Skill Gaposis

Have you been diagnosed with Skill Gaposis? Hiring is moving at a fast pace in the United States. Employees looking for work have never had it so good.  There are seemingly endless opportunities everywhere, yet why is it that companies complain of skill gaps? In other words, for certain positions there is more demand for […]