The best college graduation gift: Career Development
My work in career counseling emanated from a place of choice. Starting my career as an attorney, I was in the fortunate position of choosing a career path that led to becoming an education-entrepreneur. More choice led to building The Learning Consultants and then further choice led to me to creating different subsidiaries such as the […]
Your adult child’s summer job should be career exploration
I have been on the Chaz & AJ morning show the last few days for career counseling segments. Incredibly nice group of people so I was very happy to learn that they are the number 1 morning show in Connecticut. I really enjoyed the experience. The exposure has also led to fury of calls from parents […]
Career Tests
I will be a guest on WPLR’s morning show based in New Haven for the next few days. They contacted me as part of a segment on career choice. They suggested that I administer and review a career test and then discuss their answers and suggested career paths accordingly. This is all in fun and […]
Congratulations College Graduates….I think….
On my Facebook newsfeed, I see pictures of happy families standing next to their beaming college graduate. I also get many notes from old clients of The Learning Consultants updating me about past high school students from various Connecticut schools who have now graduated college. College graduation is a significant accomplishment. The number of students not finishing […]
Career Changers: Now is the time
If you want to change your career, NOW is the time. The most common phrase I hear from those who come to Career Counseling Connecticut is that they should have started the career changing process much earlier. One of the main reasons why our career counseling clients waited so long to change their careers was […]
The College To Career Transition
I don’t know if it ever was easy. But the college to career transition sure seemed easier when I graduated. I do not recall too many of my friends suffering over the possibility of unemployment. Now, I am routinely contacted by parents concerned about their child’s post-college future. Parents worry when they see companies leaving Connecticut […]
Want to be happier? Change to an authentic career
Gretchen Rubin wrote The Happiness Project. I’m surprised by how much I like it but she writes honestly and with great insight. One of her comments about happiness relates to “feeling right”. In unpacking the idea, it essentially means feeling like you are leading the life that is right for you. In other words, you could […]
Career Counseling Advice: Failure to Plan is Planning to Fail
“I drifted into my career…” Sean said about his work in a Fairfield County bank. Sean’s tale was sadly familiar. Graduating from Sacred Heart about 5 years ago, he had no idea what he wanted to do for his career. It dawned on him that he never had a class on “career.” He was a […]
Living Your Career As An Adventure
“I don’t know when I became so boring.” Ellen told me. “I used to be fun. I used to be more daring. Now, I’m too afraid to take a chance.” Ellen worked in an office park in North Haven, Connecticut and found the setting dull. She worked in a company and in an industry that […]
Career Advice from Better Call Saul: The Sunk Cost Fallacy
“Have you paid off your law school loans?” asked a lawyer friend when I told him I was leaving the practice of law. My “no” response didn’t need a follow up as it was clear that he thought I was making a mistake. Here’s what interesting: My friend knew me well enough to believe that leaving […]