I was listening to a recent Martha Beck podcast. She told a story she heard from Liz Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things) that sparked something in me. A man told Liz that he...

“How’s the job search going?” I ask my client. “I am not so motivated” is her reply. I laugh and say, “Motivation is overrated. When it comes to a job search if you wait until you’re motivated it’s like waiting...

I was asked recently asked to give my opinion on how someone can determine if they’re being underpaid at their current employer. This isn’t new of course but, given the market today, companies are scrambling to fill their open positions. ...

I’m in the process of building a coaching business while continuing to sustain my recruiting business. At times I have the thoughts like, “Why is this taking so long?” “What am I doing wrong?” “What should I be doing differently?...

I was at an event in downtown Chicago. As I was leaving, the woman behind the front desk saw me and asked if I had parked in the building. I said I had, and she then said, “Do you want...

Not to beat a dead horse here but, as I’ve mentioned in the past, a job search is largely a numbers game. This means that you need to set activity goals that you’re working on consistently in order to move...

I was talking with a client, and she asked me 2 important questions about change. The Backstory: Her daughter is in a job she doesn’t love, getting paid less than market value and people are leaving right and left due...

Imagine being on the IT team and completing the well-planned changes to your routers and discovering that website traffic was no longer being properly directed…for your 3.5 billion Facebook users! Now that’s an epic fail! In comparison, discovering there is...

A job search has many moving parts. It makes sense that you might feel overwhelmed. It also makes sense that you’d feel anxious or even scared. Your mind likes to get involved. It hates change and change brings up fear....

I woke up at 4:30 am and could not get back to sleep. Today was the day I was going to renegotiate my contract with a long-time client. I had done my market research. The gap between what the market...