In a recent coaching session, I asked my client what she wanted to work on, and she responded, “I want to work on why I still have not straightened up my office shelves.” Okay. Not exactly related to job search...

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...

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that two coaching clients came to me recently in a quandary. Their problem? They did not trust themselves to make the “right” career decision. One of them is moving into the final stages of...

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...

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...

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 “How...

I call myself a True Nature Career Coach. But the term “True Nature” 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...

I was on a call with a candidate that I was talking to about a possible job opportunity. My first question always is “Tell me about yourself. How did you get started in  your career?” His reply was not atypical....

I’m in a quandary. I have a simple yet difficult question I’ve been asking myself. Do I recruit AND coach OR do I let go of recruiting and just coach? Recruiting has been a part of who I am, my identity,...

I was reading a book by a woman who has dedicated her life and career to helping people eat better, lose weight and improve their overall health. She valued living a healthy lifestyle. The basis of her program was that...