Your best retirement plan: Help your children become financially independent
Career Counseling Connecticut When Supporting Your Twentysomethings Becomes a Long-Term Financial Plan Recently, I was reflecting on several friends and realized something striking. Most of them are still financially supporting their young adult children. Rent. Car payments. Insurance. Phone bills. Sometimes, even discretionary spending. One friend in Guilford, Connecticut, has three twentysomethings. He and his […]
My Degree Doesn’t Match My Career Goals — What Should I Do?
Career Counseling Connecticut Advice for College Graduates Many college graduates worry that they made a mistake when choosing their major. I was a government major. Sure, I knew I was going to law school. But still… my major had little to do with my very happy career. I understand the world has changed since the […]
Career Counseling Connecticut on Making a Practical Career Change
Regretting Your Career? What To Do Next I had a parallel legal career to one of my closest friends from law school. We both enjoyed our time in public service. We both disliked our time in large private law firms. He started at his in 1996. I started in mine in 1997. I left the […]
Get Career Counseling Help: AI Is Here
This is the Wall Street Journal headline: The Week the Dreaded AI Jobs Wipeout Got Real Layoffs at Block add to growing backlash bubbling up across American companies; ‘It brings out the pitchforks’ David’s parents called. He had grown up in Fairfield, attended Fairfield Prep, and then… surprisingly… went to Fairfield University. Social anxiety drove […]
Anxiety? Maybe it’s your career
Career Happiness and Anxiety in Connecticut: Why the Right Career Matters for Your Whole Life “If I am up at night thinking about work, I want to do so because I’m enthusiastic about a project, not because I’m consumed with worry.” So said a thoughtful and self-aware career counseling client from the Connecticut shoreline. She […]
College to career?
College-to-Career Counseling in Connecticut: Helping College Students Find Direction in a Rapidly Changing World Increasingly, I meet parents and college students across Connecticut — including Old Lyme, New Haven, Madison, Guilford, Essex, Fairfield County, and the Connecticut shoreline — who share the same concern: “My son (or daughter) is in college and still doesn’t know […]
Career Misery Leads to Life Misery
Career Counseling ConnecticutWhen Career Problems Become Life Problems: A Connecticut Story This is a true story, with identifying details changed. The events are real. The lesson is real. Unfortunately, the outcome is also real. Stories like this are one reason Career Counseling Connecticut exists. A Promising Beginning Rich had a highly promising career in his […]
Mental Health and Career Counseling
Career Counseling ConnecticutFeeling Lost at 28: When Career Uncertainty Starts to Affect Mental Health Pamela felt desperate. “I’m 28. When will I figure out what I want to do?” She had bounced from job to job while waitressing in New Haven, Connecticut, paying the bills but feeling increasingly stuck. Like many young adults along the […]
Career Planning
Why Career Planning Matters More Than Ever in Connecticut’s Changing Economy At Career Counseling Connecticut, we often meet families and young adults at a moment of uncertainty. A student graduates from college without a clear direction. A recent graduate takes a job that feels temporary. A working professional begins to wonder whether the path they […]
Career Meaning
Mastery Without Meaning: Why Career Success Alone Is Not EnoughCareer Counseling Connecticut Many parents and young adults come to Career Counseling Connecticut with a practical question: “What career will provide stability and success?” It is an important question. Financial independence matters. Professional competence matters. Building skills that are valued in the marketplace matters. But after […]