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If I asked you how you would know if you were successful in your career what would you say? Most people would talk about their title, their salary, the number of people they supervised, and how many awards or degrees...
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This week I have to write 2 blogs instead of the one I normally write. As I was walking out the door to do the grocery shopping, I turned to my husband and said, โ€œI am feeling anxious about the...
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I am on a mission to increase every womanโ€™s salary. As Lily Ledbetter states in the below article โ€œโ€ฆwhat you earn determines your retirement.โ€ Your future social security benefits are based on what you earn. The decisions you make today...
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In a recent coaching session, I asked my client what she wanted to work on, and she responded, โ€œI want to work on why I still have not straightened up my office shelves.โ€ Okay. Not exactly related to job search...
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On March 15th we recognized Equal Pay Day for Women in the Year of 2022. According to the AAUW (aauw.org), of which I am a proud, longstanding member, this is what Equal Pay Day means: This symbolic day denotes how far into the...
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I donโ€™t think itโ€™s a coincidence that two coaching clients came to me recently in a quandary. Their problem? They did not trust themselves to make the โ€œrightโ€ career decision. One of them is moving into the final stages of...
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Back at the beginning of my career, I sold software for Computer Associates. I had an old-school manager who was nearing retirement when I joined his team. He was one of those sales guys who was full of stories and...
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I was recently talking with a friend (more like bemoaning) about my career situation. Maybe you can relate. I was telling her that I was feeling sad and frustrated that my big dream of having a flourishing coaching business, a...
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A job search has a lot of moving parts. I do not need to remind everyone of that. There are lots of things we are told we need to do in order to have a successful search. Just google โ€œHow...
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I call myself a True Nature Career Coach. But the term โ€œTrue Natureโ€ can be unclear. If I said Negotiation Coach or Leadership Coach or Interview Coach you would get it. And I coach on all of those things but...
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