Career Advice & Insights

You’ve likely been a part of goal setting for your last company. Take the same principles that lead to a strong organizational strategy and apply them to creating a strong job-search strategy. Any successful organization got to where it is today, because they decided long ago to focus on a goal and craft a plan … Read More

There’s no time to lose when distinguishing yourself from the competition. Try these tactics to make a connection. In this market, you need to leave people wanting more. And you need to move quickly to provoke that response. Here’s a tool chest of devices for capturing and holding attention. If you execute them consistently, these … Read More

Expand your network by raising your visibility within a charity When clients tell me they need to do a better job of networking, there are two things I want to know: How they define networking What’s stopping them As it happens, how they define networking is often what’s stopping them. That may sound strange, so … Read More

You ask your spouse for help, and your mentor for advice – but have you asked yourself the same questions? Here are 45 prompts to bring out the truth.   In Part 2 of the series on elevating your visibility, I asked you to be radically honest. This trait is developed by being radically honest … Read More

Lessons on finding your passion from charity, the classroom and the board room can put your job search on a different track. Raison d’etre. I just love that phrase. It means, “reason for existence.” If you want to maintain your enthusiasm and make the effective decisions necessary to accelerate your career, it is critical to … Read More

Which of the following three ways to tell your kids you lost your job works best for your family? Some people tell me they find it very difficult even to find the words to tell their children that they’ve lost their job. Does a 10-year-old child even know what the word “fired” or “reduction in … Read More

How giving speeches can propel your job search. “What?! Stand up in front of an audience and give a speech! Are you kidding? I’d rather die!” Author: Just about everyone. In fact, most people are terrified to give speeches — but once you overcome your fear, speaking to audiences large or small can be a … Read More

Get a jump on other job seekers — and HR — by knowing the type of people who hear of positions before they’re ever advertised. I always draw a clear distinction between the front and back doors of career transition. Consider this: Every single person reading this article has either gotten a job through someone … Read More

Suggestions on how take 10 years off your image and be perceived as more youthful in the office. How old an impression do you make when you’re interviewing? Of course, we all know that an interviewer can just count backwards from the year of graduation printed on your resume. However, here is the truth: Perception … Read More