The Lost Twentysomething: Parents Urge Career Counseling

Way back in the mid-2000s, prior to the Great Recession, I recall Brendan walking into my office for a career counseling session.  I knew Brendan when he was a high school student in Guilford High School.  He had done all that was expected of him: good grades, good SATs, good college search, and wound up […]

Career Coaching Versus Fitness Coaching Investment

Steve finally came in for career coaching after two years of urging from his wife.  Skeptical by nature and highly cost-conscious, he had refused his wife’s suggestion to see a career counselor even after she said it would be a gift. When discussing the situation with his best friend, Steve changed his mind. As Steve […]

How much is autonomy worth?

Three different clients of Career Counseling Connecticut who are now their own boss expressed almost the same exact thought this week: “I’m not sure how much more you would have to pay me than what I’m currently making to have a boss again.” Pam had suffered from dealing with alpha-male types in the sharp elbow financial […]

How to create your own work

Career Counseling Connecticut primarily provides career guidance for our clients to find happier jobs within a different career path. But I know with certainty that our biggest successes have occurred when we helped clients become happy entrepreneurs. I have not had a steady paycheck since October 2000.  I am not from Connecticut.  I was not in […]