The free career consultation
Career Counseling Connecticut is a mission, driven, passion business. The good fortunes of having great career counseling clients through the years tell others about their success with us has created a wonderful challenge: we are continually booked. This is true for all our counselors but has led to a personal challenge for me. I am […]
Is your job making you dull?
“I used to be interesting,” Susan said. It was an intriguing opening line to our career counseling session. Susan relayed the early part of her career. She worked in a media company in New York City. Certainly, some part of the dynamic quality of her career was location based. The Connecticut suburbs, while truly beautiful […]
Are you building a career where a layoff makes you unemployed or on the market?
I’m listening to the Oral History of the Daily Show. One of the reveals is that Jon Stewart quit the show 2 years prior to his actual resignation. He was convinced to sign on for one more contract. His concern for his staff was one of the reasons he continued. He worried for some – but […]
“I love my work” – the authentic answer from career changers
I am on vacation right now. Our beach hotel has a wonderful breakfast spot overlooking the water. So I’ve come here the last three days and have breakfast alone – with my computer – since my wife and three teens sleep later than me. Today, the hostess asked, “are you always working?” “I love my […]
Parents: Prepare Your Children’s Careers. Winter is Coming
By nature and mind training, I am an optimist and positive thinker. I love lowering the stress of my career counseling clients. This post will not display any of these traits. But it is a necessary one. The world of work has changed rapidly in the last couple of decades. But it will change even more […]
Matching Who You Are With Career Success
I am watching a movie from a decade ago – Changing Lanes – that resonated with me because it highlighted my experience with big law firms. Sam Jackson plays a down on his luck guy who gets entangled with Ben Affleck’s character, a morally questionable attorney who starts wondering whether he can stomach the ethics of […]