Skepticism won’t help you…
Most everyone who contacts Career Counseling Connecticut is terrific. Those who are career seekers are usually people who are trying to make the most of their lives, my kind of people. Many, of course, are in some ways dissatisfied with their work and even if I can make a suggestion or two informally, I’m happy […]
The career crisis facing young men
I wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012. I described the challenges that I observed as a practicing educational consultant in Shoreline CT. I predicted three general career paths for the majority of young men. I led with optimism. Those that had what I termed “work character” – which has much overlap with what is commonly […]
Investing in career counseling… after you invested in collegee
Career Counseling Connecticut was started with a distinct mission: help people find work that makes them feel happy and successful. I started the company prior to The Great Recession of 2008. During the relatively good economic times, I saw that many of my young clients from The Learning Consultants, the parent company of Career Counseling […]
Yes – this time is different… Career Counseling Connecticut can help
Technology Alarmism Has a Long History — But So Does Real Disruption History is littered with overhyped predictions about technology ending the world as we know it. Waves of automation anxiety have swept through every generation, and for the most part, those fears proved exaggerated. Workers adapted. New jobs emerged. Life went on. But we […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Help for the changing world
A Personal Story That Changed How I See Everything I recently used Suno AI — a music-generating artificial intelligence platform — to create a Mother’s Day gift for my wife of thirty years. Let me be very clear: I am not a musician. I have essentially no musical talent. None. And yet, within a short […]
College Graduation Is Not the End of the Parenting Journey: Career Anxiety, Uncertainty, and the New World of Work in Connecticut
College graduation season is here. I know because I have a college graduate this year. In fact, I now have three college graduates in my family. As both a parent and a career counselor in Connecticut, I have spent years helping young adults navigate the transition from college to career. Yet even with my background […]
Prevent underemployment for your children
Career Counseling for Young Adults in Fairfield County, New Haven County, and Along Connecticut’s Shoreline One of the most surprising realities facing families today is this: Many recent college graduates are dramatically underemployed. This should not be happening at the scale we are now seeing — especially in Connecticut. Connecticut has among the strongest public […]
Career Counseling for Mental Health
Career Counseling in Connecticut’s Knowledge Economy When I was an attorney at a large national law firm, I was not particularly happy at work. Fortunately, at that stage of life, I had many counterbalances. I was newly married, deeply in love, socially active, and energized by the experience of living in a major city. In […]
Career Counseling for Connecticut College Graduates
Career Counseling for Connecticut College Graduates “I didn’t really look for a job during senior year,” Trey told me. Not very long ago — perhaps 10 years ago — that statement would have sounded shocking to many parents and hiring managers. Today, unfortunately, I hear variations of it regularly. At Career Counseling Connecticut, we work […]
Edit your “career vision”… then your resume
Every week, someone calls with almost exclusive focus on the need for resume editing. Career Counseling Connecticut has a powerful resume editing team. We are happy to help with resume editing needs. But more often than not, the client is focusing on a career tactic when he/she should be focusing on career strategy and career […]