7 Career Trends for 2024
Career Counseling Connecticut has had a very busy year as clients are sorting out the rapidly changing world of work. Some of these are obvious but worth reviewing nonetheless 1. Increased Demand in Healthcare Overview: Drivers: Aging populations and technological advancements. Connecticut, fortunately, is a top healthcare state. Implications: There’s a growing need for healthcare […]
Helping Twentysomething with Career Strategy: They need to learn how to network!
Networking: The Unspoken Key to Career Growth for Twentysomethings I feel weird. I don’t want to reach out to someone I don’t know. What if they ignore me? Most people do not like networking. But those raised in the era of social awkwardness and social anxiety are a unique breed: they cannot stand networking. I […]
Career Advancement in the Modern Job Market: What should I learn?
Increasingly, Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients have trended a bit older. The focus when starting the company 15 years ago was on twentysomethings – often those who were relatively recent college graduates – but as time went on and the world of work continued to change, our client based changed: we all need to continually consider […]
Labor Day 2023: Time to reflect on career
Something is different about work. I can see it in my immersion on career-work news. I can see and hear it with our clients from Career Counseling Connecticut. I can even feel it with my own work as I reflect on my career. Regarding our careers, “we” want something better. If you have time this […]
Any way you look at… your career takes a lot of “life”
“I’m happy when I’m not at work. I feel like I am almost leading a split life. When I am home and socializing, I am “me” but when I am at work, I feel a mix of boredom-angst-anxiety.” That was a paraphrase from 25 years ago of what I told several friends who only saw […]
Why is your career such a big part of your identity?
It just is. That’s a really unsatisfying answer. But – idealist that I am – I can’t deny human nature. We all make judgments based on “shorthand.” Some part of that shorthand is based on what someone does for work. “What do you do?” That may be the most common “get to know you” question. […]
If you are “meh” with your job, then now is the perfect time to plan your next move
I’m a bit too old to use a hipster word but I’ve recently worked with several twentysomethings who used “meh” when describing their current job. I fully know that those who find Career Counseling Connecticut usually find us after they have been suffering for a while. The most common comment we receive is “I should […]
Career Counseling 2023: Are you happy to be back at work?
I know…. I may have just asked a rhetorical question that in this case means “no” for you. But that’s not the case for some. Yes, of course, most everyone would prefer vacation to work, even enjoyable work. Yet, for some, the start of the week after a prolonged vacation is welcomed or at least […]
2023: Time for a New Career Finally… and Career Counseling Connecticut Is Often Needed
After meeting with Career Counseling Connecticut and coming up with a career vision, my career counseling clients don’t simply quit their jobs. Instead, over a period of time – for some 3 months, for some a year or more – the career changer plans the move, sometimes with further career coaching and sometimes without. When […]
2023!!!! Are you looking forward to going back to work? If not, time for job-career change.
With hope, most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s readers are enjoying a long holiday. Some of my Christmas cards are from past clients who came to Career Counseling Connecticut feeling miserable about their careers and now feel good-great. Google “Sunday anxiety” and you may be surprised by the sheer volume of articles addressing work dread. I […]