The Launch Decade:
My next book will focus on the launch decade—the now-extended era spanning ages 16 to 26 during which young people work toward financial independence. The phrase “failure to launch” has become so commonplace that it may no longer carry the heavy impact it did just a few years ago. To be clear, launching does not […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: September is here!
Parent of a Recent College Graduate September is almost here. For seventeen years — kindergarten through senior year of college — September has meant the same thing for your child: automatic forward motion. Third grade became fourth grade. Middle school became high school. Freshman year became sophomore year. Every one of those transitions felt, in […]
The Path of Abundance: Creating Your Own Work World
I have taken on a handful of clients in the last few years: young adults – these happen to be young men – who are not meeting with me for “help” through a challenge but rather to affirmatively build their future. They are doing incredibly well. Much like it is with coaches of top athletes, […]
Your Best Financial Move: Help Your Children Become Financially Independent
I was working with Tim and Janet, two kind parents from Madison, Connecticut. They had worked hard to provide their children with good lives. Neither of them came from money, and both paid for their own schooling. For that reason, they knew the value of a dollar. They also had a later start on wealth […]
Resume help is not what your college grad needs
Every year, right around now- mid-August- parents of college graduates, as well as the graduates themselves, realize that September will not bring change. The suffering begins. I hope to help you and your children avoid this suffering. For someone of my generation, it was a great surprise to hear the following with increasing frequency: “I […]
Recent college grad… looking for work? Career Counseling Connecticut can help
When I started Career Counseling Connecticut in the 2000s, almost every college grad had a job immediately after college. Even pre-pandemic, there was a shift. I’m not sure if the shift primarily stemmed from the decline of good entry-level career-building jobs or from young adults choosing to be more careful at the start of their […]
The “last stage” of your career
Most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s clientele are twentysomethings gaining traction in the work world. This makes sense. Most (1) do not know what they want to do when they “grow up,” (2) do not know the work world well enough to make informed decisions, and (3) are deficient in one or more areas of job […]
The Long Post-Graduate Summer: Career Counseling Connecticut can help
Do you graduate college without a full time job? Or did your young adult child? The post-graduation celebration the lasted through May and continued into the early weeks of June begins to fade as the questions arise: “what are you doing for work?” The smile on the college graduate (and their parents) begin to fade. […]
Career Building: A must in the time of AI
The degree to which the world of work is changing becomes more and more apparent every year. Ed worked at a large company based in Shelton, Connecticut. His job entailed data analytics and reporting, a very “old world” of work type job. He was good at what he did and was eventually named head of […]
Summer Career Planning – Fall Career Change
Connecticut summers are idyllic. I fully understand the desire to immerse oneself in the joys of summer, particularly along Shoreline, CT. Many of our calls start with….”I would like to schedule a career counseling meeting in September.” Their thinking is that few companies are hiring in the summer, and/or they will want to change careers […]