Summer after college graduation….
“I thought I would start looking after the summer.” I remember hearing this phrase about a decade and a half ago when one of Career Counseling Connecticut’s first clients came to our offices in Madison, Connecticut. I was surprised because my first clients were mostly former students from The Learning Consultants For the most part, […]
Underemployed college grad living at home?
My daughter recently bumped into an old friend. He’s a bit older than her and she knew he had graduated college about 5 years ago. She was riding her bike in Washington, DC and she came up across someone next to her riding his bike for DoorDash. It was her old friend. She saw his […]
Staying at a job you don’t like is riskier than planning to leave
I recently was working with an unhappy insurance executive from Hartford, CT. I considered my career risk checklist for those who are considering a career change. She had been unhappy at work for at least 7 years. [not a temporary situation – check] The people she worked with, including her boss, were going to basically […]
Love and Work: Happy Relationship- Happy Career – Happy Life
Freud was wrong about a lot of things. But he was right about somethings even if prone to overstatement. One of his thoughts: all there is to life is love and work. Get those right and you’ll be happy. Flash forward to modern life: Stephen Covey of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame showed a wonderful […]
Make your career “idea” happen
Many people continue to struggle with a career vision for much of their life. “What do I want to do when I grow up” is not just a question people ask themselves during their childhood years anymore. This uncertainty plagues many people for well past their adolescence. However, some posit an objectively clear career vision, […]
Connecticut Young Entrepreneurs
I became an entrepreneur in 2000. 26 years later…. it proved to be the best practical decision I ever made. At the time, however, entrepreneurs were not nearly as admired as they are today. Indeed, my parents did not talk to me for several years about my new venture. From their perspective, their Ivy-league lawyer […]
A New Career Test: What career should you explore in the new AI world
Finally! For years, I’ve been developing career profiling tests. I have done so mostly by using personality, profiling tests and interpreting the results in the context of my deep knowledge about the world of work My limitations on coding have now been solved. I’ve been vibe coding, the new term for those who don’t know […]
Accountability: The advantage of a career coach
Young adults are sitting alone and applying to jobs. Alone. Many are working diligently. Many stop working diligently. The process is brutal. Career Counseling Connecticut, in addition to providing effective job searching strategies and helping with skills (resume/interviewing) provides something even more valuable: a human being who can coach another human being to move forward. […]
“I’m a genius… because I’m not their parent.”
When working with young adults, I am well aware that their parents have already conveyed some portion of what I tell them. However, they often report their delight in working with me and excitedly exclaim: “Daryl said…”. Sometimes the parent has said the same thing. It just lands differently when the non-parent says it. But… […]
College Graduation!!! Congratulations…. and yes your child needs help
Everything you have heard about getting a job is true. Different world. We are helping recent college graduates get jobs. We can help yours as well.