Why is your career such a big part of your identity?
It just is. That’s a really unsatisfying answer. But – idealist that I am – I can’t deny human nature. We all make judgments based on “shorthand.” Some part of that shorthand is based on what someone does for work. “What do you do?” That may be the most common “get to know you” question. […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Time to thrive again!
Maybe it’s the optimist in me showing but does it seem that things are looking a bit brighter? To be clear, I am well aware of the various challenges facing us all and only decline to list since all statements these days take on needlessly political angles. Suffice to say, I know there are challenges […]
If you are “meh” with your job, then now is the perfect time to plan your next move
I’m a bit too old to use a hipster word but I’ve recently worked with several twentysomethings who used “meh” when describing their current job. I fully know that those who find Career Counseling Connecticut usually find us after they have been suffering for a while. The most common comment we receive is “I should […]
“You care about your work….” Why meaning and purpose leads to career happiness
“Daryl is different. He actually cares about what he does…” so said a very successful friend from college to my wife as he explained why he was counting down the days that he could stop working. By every external measurement, our friend’s work life has been conventionally successful at a scale that is highly rare. […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: We have become a mental health resource
In the last few months, I have had many parents call Career Counseling Connecticut on behalf of their children. The stories are reasonably similar. Their children – seemingly more sons than daughters – graduated in the last few years from college or are in the midst of “interrupted college” = and have not developed career […]
Career Counseling 2023: Are you happy to be back at work?
I know…. I may have just asked a rhetorical question that in this case means “no” for you. But that’s not the case for some. Yes, of course, most everyone would prefer vacation to work, even enjoyable work. Yet, for some, the start of the week after a prolonged vacation is welcomed or at least […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Unhappy careers make unhappy people and adds to the mental health crisis
“Bryan’s dad killed himself.” I was 17 and Bryan was a high school classmate. By all accounts, Bryan’s dad had been happy until… he was laid off. In the 1980s, not having a job was stigmatizing for all men but particularly middle-aged men supporting families. I don’t know the circumstances of his layoff. But he was […]
A New Year’s Gift for Your Twentysomething Idealistic Child… and for you
Let’s kick off 2023 with a giant understatement: career planning has changed. Young people have different views regarding how they see their careers playing out. If you are like many parents of twentysomethings, this might be causing you some challenge. One of the challenges: what can you as a parent do to help your twentysomething […]
2023: Time for a New Career Finally… and Career Counseling Connecticut Is Often Needed
After meeting with Career Counseling Connecticut and coming up with a career vision, my career counseling clients don’t simply quit their jobs. Instead, over a period of time – for some 3 months, for some a year or more – the career changer plans the move, sometimes with further career coaching and sometimes without. When […]
2023: The Pandemic Is Over! Time to get back to healthy career building
The tumult of the last few years has led to Career Counseling Connecticut working overtime on how to help our clients navigate their careers. Some lessons: Career and life happiness are intermingled Quiet Quitting, The Great Resignation and the FIRE Movement illustrate the point. Quiet Quitting is the saddest of these three concepts. I fully […]