The Career Pivot (Your Career Direction)
Change is constant, prevalent, inevitable. We experience it in the weather as temperatures vary, in the seasons as spring cycles to winter, and within ourselves as we accumulate experiences. For most of us, these changes or transitions are characteristically familiar. Similarly, we embrace characteristic changes in our careers, expecting a familiar, linear path of advancement […]
Four Things You Can Do Today to Keep Your Career On Track
Recently, I was contacted by a prospective client who had been unexpectedly downsized from his job. He hadn’t looked for work or networked in 20 years. His resume and LinkedIn profile hadn’t been updated for some time and his performance reviews and other career documents were on company computers he could no longer access. Needless to […]
Establish a Professional Development Plan for the New Year
Let’s talk about your professional development plan… It is a new year and a new decade. This is the perfect time to review your professional goals as mid-level or senior leader. To keep your career on the path that you have set, it is important to continually grow. Establishing a professional development plan (PDP) is […]
How Does Vulnerability Factor Into Your Story?
Let’s talk about vulnerability. How does it factor into your story? We’re frequently barraged with multimedia messaging that implies a person cannot achieve success without perfection or something very close to perfection. It seems this idea is deeply flawed. Our vulnerabilities, a.k.a. weaknesses are part of what differentiate each of us. For professionals in leadership […]
Is Hiring a Resume Writer REALLY Worth It?
Is it worth hiring a resume writer? A lot of people think hiring a resume writer is a big waste of time and money. If you’re one of these people, keep reading. I promise it’s well worth your time. Unfortunately, many people settle and use resume templates (aka cookie-cutter resumes) because all they have to […]