Career Joy: I want to get back to work

My son just graduated Old Saybrook High School in Connecticut. Over the last year, we have talked a great deal about life beyond high school.  The need to ensure focus on grades, tests, and activities precluded me from spending a lot of “career counseling” time with him but, of late, that’s what I’ve been doing. […]

Career rescue: save yourself from “career drift”

“If you told me at 20 or 25 or even 30 that I would be in this career path at 40, I wouldn’t have believed you or would become immediately depressed.” John said.  By conventional standards, John was a success.  Having graduated from UCONN, he worked in a large Stamford marketing agency for a few […]

Use the summer to create your career vision

Summer in Connecticut is nearly perfect.  Perhaps the water could be a bit warmer and I-95 less crowded but otherwise our beaches and climate make Connecticut a prime place to be. For those interested in creating your career vision, there is no better time to do so.  Here’s why: The fall is a perfect time […]

Side gigs as multiple streams of income and a pathway to a new career

I have been preaching the side gig as the new way to view careers to my Connecticut career counseling clients for years.  Most Connecticut residents live in suburbs, particularly those with the resources to seek out career counseling.  This has a big effect on how one views the jobs-career revolution that has occurred over the […]

Career Counseling Advice From Refugees

I am in Europe right now.  Each year for the last decade, my family travels to different countries, usually in Europe, and each year I come away with a deeper understanding of how to provide career counseling for our clients in the US. My largest observation this trip is how many non-Europeans are now in […]

Career Change and Your Life: What will you regret?

I would suggest doing some research immediately after you read this article: “what do people regret as they age?” “what are the biggest regrets people have for their career?” “what are the biggest life regrets?” In almost every case, different variations of “I wish I was more authentic. I wish I took more risk. I […]

Career Change: The bigger fear should be staying put

“I know I should leave my career but I’m too scared.” Sandra said. “Every time I take steps forward, I become anxious and stop.” Sandra was in her early thirties and commuting 1 hour plus each way from Guilford to Stamford through Connecticut’s bearish I-95 each morning. She would need a career make-over as her […]

Making Time For Career Exploration

“I guess I’ll be painting the house, running errands, and driving my kids to activities.” Scott answered when I asked him what he would be doing this weekend.  He noted that the combination of home projects, shopping, and chauffeuring his children to activities – as well as watching them in their activities – was pretty […]

Summer In Connecticut: A Great Time and Place For Career Change

Jessica told me about her summer plans.  We spend a week in Groton Long Point where my Uncle has a house.  Then, we go to Block Island for a few days, and then back to Mystic for most of the summer.  She mentioned a couple of sprint triathlons that she would do along various wonderful […]

Why Career Counseling Will Help You Get “A Job”

Michael, a high achieving, personable recent college graduate, from Branford relayed to me his job searching woes. He had been searching for “jobs” in a variety of online job boards.  He had looked through “job listings” within his college’s career services online listings.  He had told friends and relatives that he was looking for a […]