“Accountability”- an underrated benefit of career coaching: The reason why even great athletes need a coach.
“I think we are good.” I said to Terri. We had a wonderful initial meeting. We both fully believed that the new career direction we discussed was well suited for her and that the strategy we decided upon would be effective. Terri said: “I appreciate your efforts to conserve my budget. But my career is too […]
2023!!!! Are you looking forward to going back to work? If not, time for job-career change.
With hope, most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s readers are enjoying a long holiday. Some of my Christmas cards are from past clients who came to Career Counseling Connecticut feeling miserable about their careers and now feel good-great. Google “Sunday anxiety” and you may be surprised by the sheer volume of articles addressing work dread. I […]
2023: The Year To Change Your Career
I hope we are through the pandemic. If so, there are some blessings beyond the gratitude for normalcy. People had time to reflect. In doing so, many workers realized that they were spending a large part of their lives in an unhappy state. They did not like their job or career or both. That fact […]
Anxiety from work? Career Counseling Connecticut can help
“I wake up on edge… every day.” Samantha said. As she continued, I could hear the emotion in her voice. She had called Career Counseling Connecticut after she “hit her limit.” Samantha had the proverbial “good job”. She works for a large corporation in Fairfield County, Connecticut. But she said she’s been working really hard […]
“Quiet Quitting” should lead to active career changeCar
Those old enough to remember George Costanza from Seinfeld might recall his famous “look busy” face. In an effort to show his boss that he was working hard, he mastered looking busy even though he wasn’t working at all. There is nothing particularly new about “quiet quitting”. It’s just that the term has gained […]
Young men are in crisis
Richard Reeves, from The Brookings Institute, a think tank where I had a brief stint, has written a seminal work Of Boys and Men. Some nuggets from his book: If you are parent of a young man or soon to be young man…. Men are also struggling in the workplace. One in three American men with […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: The Great Resignation is Great News for Mid-Career, Career Changers
65. If you are over 40, then you likely were cultured with the original programming that 65 is THE AGE OF RETIRMENT. Here’s some good news: 65 was created as a retirement age based on long outdated actuarial calculations. Governments thought that people would die before or not much after 65. You are going to […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: If you are “quiet quitting”…. you should change your career
I understand “quiet quitting.” I really do. Having been a law firm associate – literally in the last century 🙂 – I fully know the feeling of that real life is outside of work and that work is necessary to pay the bills but going above and beyond serves the employer and not you. I […]
Mental Health is Tied To Career Health: Career Counseling Connecticut Can Help
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, CT to pay the bills. “I don’t want to feel this way for the rest of my life.” As someone a bit older than 28… .:) I […]
Career lessons from the pandemic
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 The Great Resignation stemmed from a massive amount of workers realizing that their unhappiness in life was brought on – at least in […]