You will figure it out! How Career Changers Succeed
At my best… which was not always the case in my 30s when I built The Learning Consultants… but has become more frequent as The Learning Consultants and its subsidiary Career Counseling Connecticut reaches year 20, I think “I will figure it out” when a problem arises. “I don’t know how to do bookkeeping or […]
Former GE Employees: We can help
“You start doing something and close your eyes long enough, you can’t imagine doing anything else.” a bartender explaining why he still works at a bar despite being an alcoholic in The Numbers Station (a forgettable John Cusack film). My friends at General Electric would sometimes talk to me similarly. They were “institutionalized”. Each had worked at […]
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why putting more time into a mismatched career makes no sense
“It’s kind of like chasing good money after bad in gambling, right?” Ryan, a twenty four year old financial analyst from Stamford said. I was explaining the sunk cost fallacy. We have a built in bias to weigh more heavily on avoiding past losses than acquiring future gains. In Ryan’s case, he majored in finance, didn’t really […]
Regret: More painful than failing
As my peers are now in their 50s, I’m regularly having conversations with those who have gone through the bulk of their careers. I think of my friends and one conclusion is unmistakable: those that took some risk – not great risk – but some risk to shift their careers in a manner that better […]
Summer Vacation Is Coming: Find a new job so you can fully enjoy your vacation
I live in Old Saybrook, Connecticut and have an office in Madison, Connecticut. So, I meet many residents of other Connecticut towns who are on vacation. When we talk about their work, jobs, or careers, most seem to have one thing in common: they get annoyed by work interruptions during vacation and dread going back […]
Anxious? Sleepless nights? Maybe you should see a career advisor, not a psychologist
“I’ve spent the last two years with a psychologist who said she would help me with my career issue and you helped more in one hour than she has in 20 sessions,” Emily said. I love psychology. People fascinate me. My life’s work has been devoted to helping others and among my very few gifts […]
College graduation: Career help needed
Career Counseling Connecticut has helped hundreds of college students successfully figure out (1) what they want to do for their career and (2) how to get gainfully employed in their industry of choice. We used to be a luxury for many parents. Our work is increasingly becoming a necessity. Parents of college age or […]
Why do careers matter so much to happiness?
“I literally feel like jumping out a window.” Ted, a 45 year old hedge fund manager from Westport, CT, said as he grabbed my arm for emphasis. “I feel like a square peg in a round hole every day.” Sarah, a thirtysomething middle manager from New Haven, CT, said as she relayed her days pretending […]
Career help: the best college graduation gift
Sounds like a shameless plug, I know! But it is also true. The number of college graduates leaving college without a career building job has risen steadily in the last decade. There are a variety of factors. Some are completely out of a college student’s control such as fewer training programs at major corporations. But […]
How happy careers make even bad work days good
Dave, an account manager at a large retail organization in Hartford, was scheduled to meet me in Old Saybrook a few weeks ago for a career counseling session. He called to say he was under the weather but could meet by Skype. He noted that he didn’t like going to work on days he was […]