Job searching burnout: how career coaching helps
“I realize this is a luxury but it’s so much better than therapy.” In the last few weeks, some variation of this line has been repeated by job seekers. Job searching isn’t just about résumés and LinkedIn profiles. For many young professionals, it’s an emotional grind. The pressure to figure out “what’s next,” the silence […]
Get a job: Learn to interview by overcoming blind spots
Right now, many of Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients are recent college graduates immersed in job searches. That’s lonely and challenging and a roller coaster of emotions. But… “an interview” is the UPSIDE!!! of the roller coaster. “I GOT AN INTERVIEW!!!” The disappointment, therefore, from not getting the job post-interview can be devastating. Here’s what I […]
Are you a good interviewer? I have no idea is the real answer for many.
“I don’t know why I am not getting hired.” Connor said. Unlike many of Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients, Connor had a career vision and the experience in the field of interest to get past applicant tracking systems. He was also good at job searching. He had 12 interviews for different job positions. He often got […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Be Proactive Arm
I am an optimist. If you are reading this, you will be successful. Ha. But maybe. Here’s why: you are actively seeking – or seeking on your young adult child’s behalf – how to succeed in the career world. Historically, most people were ‘reactive’ to career change. They got fired or let go. Deciding to […]
Love your work? Well, at least like it or plan to leave!!!
“Rick is just isn’t the same anymore.” My college friend said to me about a mutual friend. “I really thinks his work has changed him.” We both remember Rick with a near perpetual smile. Now he has a scrunched up frown most of the time. I recall meeting him for lunch during a work day. […]
What happens next? How to help your young adult children in an uncertain career world
I started learning everything I could about “the New World of Work” about 15 years ago. I saw work changing rapidly. So I read/thought/wrote about what I saw from Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients and what researchers/experts were saying. This New World of Work – while coming about gradually -is now the Current World of Work […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Why Career Vision Empowers Job Search
“That job was a waste of time. I feel like I’m behind…” Lacey, a twenty-four-year-old, from Darien, CT noted in her narrative. I get the pressure to find a job. But not only will having a career vision lead you to avoid Lacey’s common problem, a career vision will also help you get a job […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Job Search Strategy
“I told Kayla that she needs to go on Indeed every day…” Ed, a Simsbury, CT dad, called with great worry. “It’s been three months since graduation and she’s not doing enough.” I hear this almost every day in running Career Counseling Connecticut. I sympathize with both parent and adul child. The job search process […]
Career Counseling: Job search tactics for recent graduates
“John graduated with 3.8 from UCONN’s business school…. I don’t know why….” Cindy, a Fairfield, CT mother, called. I finish her sentence in my mind: …. he doesn’t have a job.” Parents, who invested enormous time, money, and energy into ensuring that their children would be financially independent and thought that getting a job upon […]
Helping your college age student figure out
“Lynne is stressing big time….” I had known Lynne for many years. She grew up in Old Lyme, CT and had worked with my larger company, The Learning Consultants, in different capacities. I was surprised. Lynne was not particularly anxious. But as she ended sophomore year, she told her mom: “everyone knows what they are […]