September is coming…time for career control
While January 1 is the official start of a new year, most of us have the K-12 ingrained programming that September is really the start of the year. The problem with such programming is that massive change just happened to us each year from kindergarten through high school and through college. Quite literally, our “work” […]
Boys To Men: The Career Edition
I wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012. I described the challenges that I observed as a practicing educational consultant in Shoreline CT. I predicted three general career paths for the majority of young men. I led with optimism. Those that had what I termed “work character” – which has much overlap with what is commonly […]
Empty Nest Careers
While true that there are more twentysomething career seekers that Career Counseling Connecticut helps, there are a surprisingly high number of fifty somethings that need career help. Beyond the obvious – those who have been downsized and need to get a job – the most common type are those who are seeking work/career happiness. While […]
Excited to go back to the office? If not, we can help!
Career Counseling Connecticut has an explicit mission: help our clients find careers that are both “happy” and “successful”. We define happy in simple ways: “you enjoy your work” to more complicated ways “you find meaning and purpose in your work” to even more complicated ways “you find Eudaimonia” in your work (see Aristotle!) If you […]
The Great Career Shift
So many paradigms of change have occurred due to Covid. Perhaps the most unexpected relates to work: many Americans have decided to resign/quit/only go back if remote. This surprised much of corporate America. This did not surprise me. I’ve been running Career Counseling Connecticut for over a decade. Granted that those who seek career advice […]
Connecticut Careers
I’m not from Connecticut. So when I hear natives complain about Connecticut, I’m often surprised. Connecticut’s image outside its own borders is that of a wealthy land of posh suburbs and idyllic small coastal towns. Having lived in several other places, I attest that this is true! There is a challenge. Large corporations are not […]
Why stay in a career that guarantees unhappiness?
2020 changed how we work perhaps as much as any single year in history. 2021 may change why we work as much as any single year in history, outside of 1942 (the year after WWII started). “The Great Resignation” has been the phrase used by the media as a play on the The Great Recession […]
The People Challenge: Why you have to take control of your career
All names are changed…. Jim lives in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was laid off during the pandemic. As he searched for jobs, he became a bit desperate and took a job with a company based in Florida. Since the pandemic was still in force, Jim was allowed to continue to work virtually but with the understanding […]
Career Dharma: How to analyze career options
“You can’t be anything you want but you can be everything you are.” Jay Sheety, author of Think Like a Monk. Understanding your dharma will help you solve your career issues. I’ll stay away from the ethereal aspects of this Eastern concept. The worldly connotation primarily relates to your general situation in life. Specifically, if […]
The Great Resignation
Career Counseling Connecticut started during The Great Recession. For those who are over 30, you likely remember the there were a few weeks (at least) where it seemed that the economic world as we knew it was over. The world was “freaking out”. Whole companies went under. Jobs and bank accounts were devastated. We helped […]