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Career Blog

Over my years of recruiting, sitting on panels, attending conferences, and reading up on all things career and job search I have amassed several pointers that I thought were genius. I am sharing a few of them here. Plus, I...
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What is career freedom? Often, we think career freedom is when we have ample resources, safety, security and surety. We have enough money to support a career change. We feel safe enough in our current situation that we can take...
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Are you living a contingent career? I’ll do that whenโ€ฆ How often have you thought, โ€œI’ll take that special vacation as soon as I have X amount of dollars in savings. Or โ€œI’ll change jobs once this project completes.โ€ Or...
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It is Sunday morning. You had a productive week at work, you got a lot done over the weekend and now you have a few moments to yourself. You might be lying in bed, taking shower, in your favorite chair...
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I was talking over dinner with a dear friend. I asked her about her work. She had changed jobs several months ago and I think both of us were hoping this new job was going to be less exhausting than...
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This past weekend I was restocking the bathrooms with toilet paper. When I got to the โ€œkidsโ€ bathroom I realized that this was going to be the last time I would be putting toilet paper in their bathroom on a...
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Dear Diary, I am very grateful for my job. I appreciate my paycheck. Most days I like the people I work with, and the work is fine. So why do I feel so uninspired? Lately, it’s becoming harder and harder...
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I have a coaching client who has taken what some might say is a non-conforming path in her career. Almost the first thing she said when we talked was that she never chased money in her career. She intentionally went...
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My coaching client, Jill (name changed to protect her time-traveling identity), came to our session feeling scared and worried. She also had our old friend self-doubt playing in her head. She had been working on a new feature for one...
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I was in a meeting the other day and overheard someone say that they had committed to a goal and now they felt nauseated. I know that sometimes we might set a stretch goal for ourselves, and then feel some...
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