What’s your calling?
“How did you find your career?” That’s a reasonable question that clients of Career Counseling Connecticut ask, particularly when they know my background. I started my career as an attorney. I note the following only because it is relevant to the point: I was one of those Ivy-league attorneys working at large public and private […]
Graduated!!!! Now what?
College celebrations for those without jobs can be more stressful than joyful. There should be very real gratitude. But the inevitable questions from friends, relatives, and acquaintances shifts the mood: “So, what you are doing for work?” is the most common question. The muttered response about not being sure or starting to interview is usually […]
Have you spent more time on small decisions than on your career decision?
I’m reading an excellent book: The Second Mountain by David Brooks. Among other things, he addresses meaning in life, the meaning of life, and how to find both. “Vocation” – as in one’s calling or what we should do with our career – is one area that he discusses in depth. Brooks makes a point that […]
Just graduated college and trying to find work?
Despite the rosy employment numbers, many college graduates are unemployed. While my evidence is a mix of anecdotal plus research, I am convinced that many of the new job gains are not the type of jobs that college graduates desire, particularly in places like suburban Connecticut. Moreover, colleges – as a broad generality – do […]
Your career goal should be present happiness, not early retirement
Ken met with me in relation to Career Counseling Connecticut’s work with his college-age daughter who was finishing up at UCONN and figuring out a career path. Ken wasn’t the client but I found his career story instructive. “Just five more years.” Ken said. He and his wife had worked for 30 years in careers […]
College Graduation Gift: Help Getting Employed
Parents of recent college graduates are celebrating. But many are doing so with an asterisk, a qualifier that goes something like: “We’re happy that Kyle graduated. Now he has to find a job.” Most parents know that their child is not happy about the situation either. But in their stress, many say unhelpful comments: “have […]
Parents of Recent College Graduates?
I just finished writing my new book. The topic: how parents can help their twentysomethings find happy and successful careers. The book emanated from the countless conversations with Career Counseling Connecticut’s parent-clients who wanted to help their children but did not know how. We are in a very unusual historical time period. Parents of college […]
Congratulations to Parents of Recent College Graduates!
If your child is graduating from college this month, congratulations! Even if your child does not have a job, I tell stressed parent clients of Career Counseling Connecticut that they should celebrate with gratitude. Consider when your child was born twenty plus years ago: what did you wish for? Good health. If you are a […]
Career Counseling helps create the structure for career change
There are all sorts of problems with our educational process and its relation to career choice. One problem that I rarely see cited by other writers is creating the false notion that change happens automatically. Consider how change occurs in school. 4th grade over. Time for 5th grade and all the massive changes – from […]
Surprising news on the career counseling front for 50somethings
“Does Career Counseling Connecticut provide career counseling for older clients?” So begins a typical day of fielding questions from those who are confused about the next stage of their career path and wonder if they are unusual for not knowing what to do with their career in their 50s. I’ve discovered that 50somethings are often […]