Connecticut workers engage in career planning amidst the Coronavirus
Career Counseling Connecticut has received numerous calls in the last week that start with something like: “This crisis has given me a chance to think. I realize I don’t like my work or my career…” When I was a federal prosecutor, there were intense periods of work. I had no chance to reflect on my […]
Coronavirus and Your Career
If you feel delighted that you don’t “have to go” to work, then you should use this time to plan your career change. Let me explain. If the Coronavirus hit when I was a private firm attorney, I would have been overjoyed that I did not have to (1) deal with the micro-managing, overly critical […]
Career Counseling During the CoronaVirus
“I wanted to switch my career but I just never had the time to figure it out.” Now you have time! For those who get ill and/or who have to tend to the ill, this bad of this crisis will overshadow the good. But there are some positives and free time – if used productively […]
Now is the time to invest in your career development
The most repeated phrase from Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients is some variation of “I should have come here a long time ago.” Certainly, this happens with most of our clients over 40, who have stuck out an unhappy job/career way too long. But the same feeling has become increasingly common among younger clients, particularly those […]
College grads will need career help… now
With colleges closing due to the coronavirus, there is a weird reality settling in for college seniors. While they have to finish classes while at home, they are really done with college. This means they are about to head into the real world and, unfortunately, right when the US will be in trouble economically. In […]
An opportunity for career reflection
Please do not confuse my optimism with lack of concern about the coronavirus. We should all be super vigilant. My hope is that your employer enables you to work at home; that you are able to self-quarantine with your families and/or are very connected via communication devices if you are alone; and that you use […]
Coronavirus and Your Career
What thoughts have you had in relation to your job as the news/impact of coronavirus hit Connecticut? Security? If your job is on such a precipice that you could lose it based on what we hope is a temporary crisis, then you should use some portion of the next few weeks figuring out how to […]
Give yourself the same career advice you would give your children
Stacy relayed her career dissatisfaction. She went through the motions at work. “I rotate between bored and anxious. When the work is routine, I’m bored. But when something is different – which means there is a problem – I get anxious.” Stacy’s children were teens and beginning to think about college-career issues. As she continued, […]
Career JOY
Let me start by distinguishing “happiness” versus “joyfulness”. Both are wonderful but happy-sad are part of the same continuum and both are viewed as transient: happy in one moment, sad in the next. The ups and downs of external events, such as a victory at work (promotion) followed by a defeat at work (bad review) […]
Could a boring career ruin your whole life?
Steven was one of the most interesting clients of Career Counseling Connecticut. He came to us in the rebuilding phase of his life. His girlfriend had gifted him a few sessions with us as a Christmas present. He came reluctantly and without much hope and then told me his story which I paraphrase: “I wasn’t […]