Do you want your children to follow your example and hate their jobs also?
Our children follow what we do more than what we say. We want our children to be happy with their careers. Yet, many parents feel they have to stay in careers they hate because they are serving their children. Career Counseling Connecticut is neither in the business of creating starving artists nor are we in […]
Connecticut and The New World of Work
Those in Connecticut, particularly the Connecticut suburbs, are missing out on a work revolution that’s happening throughout the world, including America, but mostly in major US cities, particularly those in cutting edge fields. In the new world of work, people create their careers. How so? They figure out what they want to focus upon; […]
Your Life Consists of A lot of Career
In providing career coaching through Career Counseling Connecticut, I am often astonished by how many people drift through their careers prior to making an appointment. Many will laugh when they leave my office saying how they realize that they pay more each year for haircuts than investing in career development. Your life is time. Your job consists […]
If you are reading a career blog on Sunday, time to change careers
Career Counseling Connecticut sprung up as a mission to help those unhappy at work. But, this mission was borne not only from a calling to help others find a career they love but also from my own career searching a couple of decades ago. I remember how work affected my weekends. Saturdays were mostly fine. […]
Career advice from Buffaloes
Science alert: When cows see a storm coming, they wait for the storm to reach them. They then run in the direction that the storm is going, thinking erroneously that they can outrun the storm. When buffaloes see a storm coming, they charge directly into the storm and then continue in that direction as the […]
Uncertainty is the main reason for career unhappiness
“I can’t leave my job to something so uncertain.” so spoke a career counseling client who worked at a large corporation in New Haven, CT.“Alyssa” had just finished telling me how much she hated her job. She didn’t like the people. Several of her co-workers were the adult equivalent of mean girls. Her boss was […]
It is your career. You are not a cog in a corporate machine
I was at a social gathering a few years ago. Chuck was speaking in a small circle. At the time, Chuck was working for General Electric, the large behemoth of Fairfield County… until it left. I noticed that he kept on saying “we” when he referred to GE. ”We” are developing a new product line. […]
Career Coaching for Liberal Arts College Students
The toughest part of my career counseling work is providing advisory services to recent college graduates who were not educated well by their colleges on the current realities of the job market. I am a product of a liberal arts education. The education itself was fantastic. From a life enhancing perspective, I benefitted immeasurably. For […]
If you like your work, you do need a retirement number.
As someone who has been the primary breadwinner of a family of 5 and often the sole breadwinner, I certainly fixated over money. When I did not like my work as a private sector attorney, I would think about what amount of money I would need to escape. Retirement was too far away at the time but […]
Career coaching will lead to career building and removal of career anxiety
When I meet my career counseling clients today, I realize that they see a man who loves his work. More than a few have expressed envy at the obvious joy I have in my work. ”I wish I could feel that way,” a recent client said as he conveyed his dread at heading back to […]