Career Counseling Connecticut: Helping Clients Find Meaning In Career and… Life
Those on a mission – think of Peace Corp workers and religious clerics – often do not have a bright line between work and life. Their work is so integrated into what their lives that they are either always working or never working, depending on one’s perspective. Given my expertise in career coaching, there are […]
Helping your young adult child with career issues… now….
“What happens when an entire generation does not grow up?” This was the hyperbolic title of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. But there is some – perhaps a lot of truth – to the notion that failing to launch has become commonplace. “It’s up to Max.” So said two nice parents from […]
Navigating Job and Career Guidance: Why Expert Career Guidance Is Needed for Many
Andrea was perplexed. “I’ve applied to over 700 jobs…” In running Career Counseling Connecticut, I hear variations of this story daily. In her case, the answers for her job search challenge were obvious. Her college major was not a practical one; her summer jobs were in retail; and her first post college job was waitressing. […]
Career Counseling Connecticut’s most common comment: “Why did I wait so long? I should have come here years ago.”
Paul looked at me and said: “I’m about to say what you wrote in one of your earlier articles. I should have come here years ago.” Paul was a 29 year old customer service representative for a tech company in Hartford, CT. He got the job fresh out of UCONN. Needless to say, he did […]
2025: Career Counseling Connecticut’s Guidance For Career Chaos
2025: Career Counseling Connecticut’s Guidance For Career Chaos “Isn’t this the land of steady habits?” an older career counseling client recently said to me. John had his thirty year career in insurance – a stable field – upended and had found himself looking for a job for the first time since the 1990s. He came […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Helping young adults navigate job and career chaos
Generation Grind: Navigating the Chaos of Early Careers Yes, I did see some of this coming…! I read a great deal about the new world of work when I started Career Counseling Connecticut in the 00s. The company started as a niche offshoot of The Learning Consultants. While Career Counseling Connecticut is still a subsidiary, […]
Three reasons why 20somethings are floundering with career choice and how we help address each issue
I have been working with young people for a long while in relation to career choice. The development of Career Counseling Connecticut has morphed from highly practical with some counseling to about fifty-fifty. Practical coaching – counseling – is needed, not therapy in most cases. The issues below have always been apparent but now are […]
The pace of change has made career planning a near must
The Accelerating Pace of Change: “The HR representative set out my 20 year plan….” This was 1992. I was in graduate school. A speaker came in to discuss why he left the corporate world. The company Royal Shell had such a precise career trajectory for its management trainees that the HR rep could set out […]
Why career counseling? Get Unstuck
I have been running Career Counseling Connecticut since The Great Recession. The most common response when leaving a meeting: “I should have come here a while ago.” They were stuck. Our discussion helped get them unstuck. They moved forward. Their lives were changed. I get nice Christmas cards. This work is mission-based. I mention this […]
Happy work: More possible than ever
There is a lot of grimness about careers. More than ever. Strangely, the options that Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients had when I started the company were far more limiting. Socially, I see it as well. I stay silent about my work world. Why? I’m with people my age who are usually complaining about their jobs. […]