If you are as happy as your children about a “snow day”, time for a career change!
SNOW DAY for Connecticut schools! Any parents knows the joyous shrieks from children when school is canceled. When adults similarly delight in not having to work, that’s sad. Don’t get me wrong – staying cozy with the family or just having a day off is healthy and good. And there are some people who will […]
2018: Career and Financial Planning – what if you didn’t need a retirement number?
With a large number of my forty and fiftysomething career counseling clients, financial issues play a part – often a big part – in our career change discussions. Connecticut’s taxes, the high cost of living in Connecticut, the worry that Connecticut might have financial troubles in the future seem to dampen the other generally amazing things […]
Will this finally be the year of job or career change?
If last year, you wanted to change jobs or your career and you didn’t, then you discovered a truth about adult life: things don’t change unless they are forced upon you (almost always not good) or you affirmatively force the change yourself (almost always good in the long term, even if there is some short […]
2018 Career Change: Why careers in Connecticut should mean happy, healthy lifestyles
I grew up outside of New York. I lived and worked in Philadelphia and Washington, DC before moving to Connecticut. Most of my friends still live in and around those major metropolitan areas. None provide as much likelihood of career-life balance as Connecticut. Of course, if you are reading this on your daily commute from […]
Will you play small in 2018? Go big. Time to change your career
Some who seek career coaching with Career Counseling Connecticut’s play life too cautiously. They contact me with great hesitancy. They ask questions skeptically. They are not “certain” that I can help. I wish them well. But I know a few things with certainty: (1) we have and will continue to help our clients, often in […]
The power of correctly using career tests
I am an ENFJ. For those familiar with Myers-Briggs, “teacher” is a common nickname for ENFJs. Those who know me would nod, as they know education and counseling have been life-long passions. The polar opposite is ISTP. “Mechanic” is a common nickname for ISTPs. Those who know me would laugh as they know that my […]
Creating a happy lifestyle through your career
John, one of my friends from law school, lives in Fairfield, CT and commutes to New York City. We were at a reunion recently and one of our classmates asked about his work day. “Now, it’s great. I get in around 9 and leave around 6.” I didn’t think less of John for answering this way. […]
Using your natural strengths to do work that you love
“I wish someone would have told me that a long time ago.” Stacy said. Stacy worked in a bank in Guilford, Connecticut and came to Career Counseling Connecticut for career guidance as she felt she was at a career crossroads. “I always was creative. But my parents urged me to become a business major for […]
How to have a happy career: don’t analyze the past, do something now
Who is the most famous psychologist ever? You probably thought Sigmund Freud. But just like Adam Smith is less famous but proved to be far more accurate about political economies than Karl Marx, William James has proved to be far more powerful in doing what psychology is supposed to do – help people – than […]
Job searching? Career Counseling Connecticut can help.
In the last few months, Career Counseling Connecticut has been inundated with job seekers. Recent College Graduates and Twentysomethings Many of our job seeking clients were recent college graduates living in Connecticut who are trying to find jobs. They almost always need help with crafting resumes, interview help, and overall job search strategy. Many are […]