Escaping or Forced Out of The Rat Race?
Anyone of a certain age knows of the phrase: “escaping the rat race”. It was a pipe dream for many in the 1980s/1990s. Most white-collar careers consisted of commuting to a large organization, playing corporate warrior, and then repeating. Endlessly. Face time, organizational politics, rigid schedules, performance reviews, and company policies were the trade-off for […]
Career Training: We help you stay accountable
For better (I’m highly efficient) or worse (I hold myself to standards that are hard to meet), I suggest the fewest possible meetings with my clients. I’m also super self-conscious about my clients spending money (too much Catholic indoctrination, way back when!). So, I find myself in the strange position of having clients convince me […]
Non-career change creates the certainty of career unhappiness
“I read your career book and realized it was time for a change.” Mike said as we were having drinks at a friendly bar in Stamford, CT. Mike is an old friend so he bought Career Path of Abundance simply as a gesture to 30 years of friendship. He continued: “I picked up the book, expecting to […]
Job Application: Understanding personality tests
Many companies are now using personality profiling tests to screen applicants. Most of the tests relate to “fit” as in whether one’s personality fits the type of job to which the candidate is applying. Sometimes the screening is general. I suppose if the test reveals the candidate to be a psychopath then the fit is […]
Career challenge for those of multiple abilities
You might think that having many abilities is automatically a good thing in the career world. Over the long run, it likely is for most everyone but, for periods of time, particularly at the beginning of one’s career, being a good generalist is less advantageous than being a specialist. So, for example, the one-dimensional brilliant […]
Are you settling in your career?
Let me start by noting that Career Counseling Connecticut is not in the business of creating starving artists. We help our passion-filled career seeking clients either make their careers work out financially in their direct area of passion or help them figure out work that – while perhaps is not singing on Broadway – is […]
Happy to get back to work?
20 years ago, I recall hearing the news that JFK Jr. died (July 16, 1999). Happily married and delighted by our young son, I was walking near the beach on a beautiful day. It was a Sunday and I didn’t have any pressing work. But I was utterly miserable and semi-anxious with the thought that […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Career Education
“That was more career education than I received in 4 years of college.” Danielle noted as we ended her first meeting at Career Counseling Connecticut. I am a product and a fan of liberal arts education. The virtues of learning from the Great Books and different disciplines are many. But most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Do you NEED a vacation?
My philosophy professor once spent a half-hour in our independent study tutorial describing the difference between “want” and “need”. I don’t desire to reduce “need” to bare minimalism. But I will use the distinction to help guide career changers. Mental health in the United States has deteriorated to its lowest levels since the height of […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Summer Career Planning
Summers are tough for those who are out of work. Many companies leave their hiring for the fall and many hiring managers go on vacation. Career changers often make the terrible decision to wait for career planning until the fall for those reasons. Job searches take 1-3 months minimum. Career shifting takes longer. Waiting until […]