Career Counseling Connecticut: Despite the job openings, it’s tough to find a good job
“I thought it would easy to find a job.” I’ve heard that phrase a dozen times during the last few months. The Pandemic has led to the Great Resignation. This has led to a record number of job openings. It should be easy! Right? Wrong! A large chunk of those job openings are in sectors: […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: If your financial number represents escape, time to switch careers
“Everyone has a number”, meaning the amount of money in the bank needed to quit or retire. So said a friend of mine in the financial industry. For those who have been battling through tough corporate or other purely practical jobs, the “number” is part of their escape route from a job they don’t like. […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Interacting With US Will Create Action
“Jerry” was miserable in his job and career path. But, he felt stuck. He was 32. Young, from my vantage point, but old, from his view, to switch careers. Having graduated from college mostly clueless about what he really wanted to do, he wound up working in a small business in Stamford, CT. After a […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Meeting With Us Is The First Step Towards Career Happiness
If you are unhappy in your job, then you likely spend a lot of time in your head talking to yourself about your unhappiness. That’s a challenge. As social beings, we need to connect with one another, particularly when going through a problem. If you are fortunate enough to have a real friend at […]
The New World of Work: Different expert advice is required. Career Counseling Connecticut can help
“My Dad said to just get my foot in the door and then the company will figure out how best to use me.” Serena called Career Counseling Connecticut with an understandable lack of sophistication regarding the world of work. Her main advisors were her parents, particularly her Dad, who had been hired in the […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Get out of the Indeed black hole
Louis was frustrated. I have sent over 50 job applications through Indeed. I received a few computer generated responses that asked for more information or to do preliminary testing. Otherwise, nothing. The Indeed/Job Board Black Hole. Do not go onto Indeed until you know what have a career/job vision. When you figure out what you […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Why wait for a better career?
With great serendipity, “John”, one of my closest friends from law school had a business trip to Los Angeles at the same time as my family trip. John has been unhappy in his legal career for many years. He is one of the most creative, interesting, and entertaining people I’ve ever met. My wife thinks […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Happiness leads to Career Success
Many moons ago, I walked into the law library of my large Washington, DC law firm. One of the partners was reading a journal of recent legal decisions. As he sat in a large reading chair as if he were reading a great novel, the partner I was standing next to noted: “Alex does this […]
Are you anxious? Maybe a CAREER counselor not a therapist counselor is what’s needed
“You helped more in one hour than she has in 20 sessions,” Emily said in relation to work with Career Counseling Connecticut versus her work with a psychologist. The reason was obvious: Emily needed career help. Her therapist dealt with coping with the anxiety of her career. That’s needed. But it seemed clear that Emily […]
Career Change Connecticut 2022: The Movie of Your Life
You are the main character of your movie. There are a lot of ways that you could write the movie. But I’m sure that doing the same dull or uninspiring job year after year would not be one of them. A complete failure to understand that career exploration is not the same as career change […]