College Graduation Gift: Help Getting Employed
Parents of recent college graduates are celebrating. But many are doing so with an asterisk, a qualifier that goes something like: “We’re happy that Kyle graduated. Now he has to find a job.” Most parents know that their child is not happy about the situation either. But in their stress, many say unhelpful comments: “have […]
Parents of Recent College Graduates?
I just finished writing my new book. The topic: how parents can help their twentysomethings find happy and successful careers. The book emanated from the countless conversations with Career Counseling Connecticut’s parent-clients who wanted to help their children but did not know how. We are in a very unusual historical time period. Parents of college […]
Congratulations to Parents of Recent College Graduates!
If your child is graduating from college this month, congratulations! Even if your child does not have a job, I tell stressed parent clients of Career Counseling Connecticut that they should celebrate with gratitude. Consider when your child was born twenty plus years ago: what did you wish for? Good health. If you are a […]
Career Counseling helps create the structure for career change
There are all sorts of problems with our educational process and its relation to career choice. One problem that I rarely see cited by other writers is creating the false notion that change happens automatically. Consider how change occurs in school. 4th grade over. Time for 5th grade and all the massive changes – from […]
Surprising news on the career counseling front for 50somethings
“Does Career Counseling Connecticut provide career counseling for older clients?” So begins a typical day of fielding questions from those who are confused about the next stage of their career path and wonder if they are unusual for not knowing what to do with their career in their 50s. I’ve discovered that 50somethings are often […]
“Successful” but miserable? You are not alone.
This article caught my eye. It details the misery of those who have top notch jobs. Since the details mirrored my own experiences at a big law firm in Washington, DC and was my impetus for creating Career Counseling Connecticut, I found myself absorbed. I realize that those who are struggling in their careers from […]
How are you doing this Monday?
Post-holiday vacation, I can honestly say that I was eager to get back to work out of a positive desire to work. I’m not one of those inauthentic career coaching gurus who think it is natural for everyone to love their work. Instead, I know all the full range of possibilities and I want to […]
Career Counseling Can Dramatically Improve Your Life
Bold claim. But over the years of running Career Counseling Connecticut, we have received enough feedback from clients as well as parents of clients and spouses of clients that we know the claim to be true. Areas of life can be sliced and diced into hundreds of categories. For the sake of simplicity, I’ll create […]
Anxiety? Does it come from your career?
“If I am up at night thinking about work, I want to do so because I’m enthusiastic about a project, not because I’m consumed with worry.” So said, a wise, self-aware career counseling client from Shoreline, CT. This particular client is wonderful to work with because she’s so self-aware that she understands how much career […]
Are you developing Career Trauma?
One of my friends served in the Iraq War. He has PTSD. Obviously, his condition affects his life. Given his service to a higher cause, the deep camaraderie he developed and the meaning/purpose he derived from his military days, he probably – although I never asked- do it all over again. One of our carer […]