Career Counseling Connecticut started in earnest during The Great Recession (2008) I started The Learning Consultants at the turn of the century. My educational counseling work for high school age students had led me to have long-lasting relationships with now graduating college students. So between 2004-2008, I worked with many young college graduates through their […]
Read MoreI have been working with many displaced by the Covid crisis. My heart is with them. So my next sentiments are not meant to be callous: The Coronavirus provides an automatic explanation for anyone who has desired switching careers. If you are wise, you will take advantage of this “pass” for the inevitable questions related […]
Read MoreThere is an enormous amount of economic fear these days. This usually centers on income and that usually centers on career issues. In running Career Counseling Connecticut through the years, I’ve certainly spent some portion of career coaching meetings moving our clients through anxiety to action. This makes all the difference. Fear is normal. It […]
Read MoreThe Covid crisis has most everyone economically worried. Parents of twentysomethings are among the most terrified. Having invested large sums of time and money into college, parents see their adult children entering the work world at a very scary time. Through building Career Counseling Connecticut, I have repeatedly heard certain phrases. The most common of […]
Read MoreMost of Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients contact us with a career problem. Much of what we do is help them find work that is more suited to their happiness. Here’s a story that illustrates why happy work on a day to day level is so vital for a good life from one of our clients […]
Read MoreCareer Counseling Connecticut helps all those seeking career help. Certainly, the Covid-19 crisis will create a restructuring for thirty, forty and fiftysomethings. We are busily providing our career coaching to ensure that our clients will emerge post-crisis with happier and more successful careers. But at least these clients have careers. Recent college graduates are entering […]
Read MoreI was reviewing some career counseling cases from a few years back and came across this one: “I always thought it was not the right time. When 40 approached, I realized that there will never be the right time.” Melanie, a mid-level manager at a bank in Shoreline, Connecticut said.As Melanie told her tale, I […]
Read MoreI practiced employment law when I was in the private sector. “Anyone over 50 is in danger of getting laid off because they cost too much”, the lead employment lawyer said at one of our meetings. The other experienced lawyers agreed. “So we need to make sure our clients can demonstrate that they had legitimate […]
Read MoreI was reviewing some older posts that dealt with the aftermath of The Great Recession. I found this story: “I guess I thought something would change.” Denise said. She took a job in 2008 at a hotel in Mystic, Connecticut. She was just happy to have a job as the country was entering into the […]
Read MoreAs the Covid-19 crisis has illustrated throughout Connecticut and elsewhere, layoffs in the new world of work are seemingly inevitable. Building an invincible career means that layoffs – which those in Connecticut have become all too accustomed to – are not a terrible thing, just a disruption. How does that happen? Career Counseling Connecticut’s […]
Read MoreCareer Counseling Connecticut is considered the premier career counseling service in New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties in Connecticut.