There’s a reason that businesses hire employees for a “probation period.” It usually takes a few months for new workers to learn the ropes and start adding value. Employers use this time to determine whether you’re worth the long-term investment. If the manager likes your performance after the first 90 Read More >
Hate Your Current Work, But Can’t Figure Out What’s Next? 3 Idea Generation Suggestions
When the most exciting thing we can think of in our recent memory is the recipe swap at work, it may be time to vary our routines and patterns. Your restlessness may be outside your work world, and there are plenty of ideas for spicing up your personal life (travel, Read More >
Career Sabbaticals: You Deserve a Break
You don’t have to wait until you’re crispy fried and beyond burned out to consider hitting the pause button on your career. Career sabbaticals, intentional hiatuses from work to pursue a personal agenda, offer more than a rest (but let’s face it, exhaling sure would be nice). Career Sabbaticals Replenish Read More >
Land a Job Faster with Last-Minute Summertime Search
There's a buzz in the air. Can you feel it? The promise of cooler weather, glorious rain… It’s the end of summer closing in. If you’re one of the many job seekers who thinks of summertime as naptime, I suggest a swift awakening from those lazy days. These next few weeks provide Read More >
Career Success: BUILD Work-Relationship Bridges–Don’t Burn Them!
In the long run, your career success could depend heavily on the relationships you build and—worst case—the relationships you “burn.” In other words, when you leave a job to go elsewhere, voluntarily or involuntarily, do you leave behind you a network of largely positive professional relationships or do you burn Read More >
Don’t Need a Resume or LinkedIn Profile Because You’re a Comfortably Employed Executive? 3 Reasons You Do
If you’re like most employed executives, you’re too busy protecting your company’s P&L to think about refreshing that dusty old resume or making use of that LinkedIn account you opened up ages ago. But this is the precise moment when you can best prepare yourself for change—whether it comes by Read More >
How to Change Careers from Non-Profit to Corporate
Even if you’ve been in the non-profit sector for decades, a change to the corporate world is not as radical as it seems. If you think about it, all successful organizations—profit-driven or not—need great leaders at the helm and hard-working employees (or volunteers) to handle day-to-day responsibilities like administration, marketing, Read More >
Resume Hacks for a Career-Minded Grandparent
Employment gaps. Job hopping. Gender discrimination. Bad bosses. As a resume writer, I thought I had helped people overcome every type of career challenge. I was wrong. Not long ago, I was approached by a new client seeking employment in the personal care and wellness field. She had an Read More >
Mum’s the word: What you can do about a restricted reference policy in your job search.
It’s an intense and exciting time during a job search when the employer wants to invite you to the “next step in the process.” Usually that means they are interested in making a job offer, but they need to complete their due diligence before they can do so. This is Read More >
Want Career Happiness in 2017? Say No to 5 Things
“The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is right. With the modern work week averaging 47 hours and 25 percent of people logging more than 60 hours, Americans work more than any industrialized Read More >
