Be the writer of your own movie
That phrase is what Ben said was the click moment that made him change his career. Ben had graduated from Emerson in Boston with a degree in film. After spending a few years in New York mostly working as a waiter at night and as a low paid production assistant on some projects, he decided […]
Is great work worth $1 million…$20 million?
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, relays a story in his autobiography about his first company (not Zappos). He was offered $1 million. He was in his early twenties. He turned it down. Why? At the time, he thought the company could grow a lot more. But he also was enjoying his work. A year later, […]
Career Counseling Equals Happiness Counseling
“I keep coming because I feel happier when I’m here and when I feel happier I get inspired to do what I should do to change careers.” Alice relayed when I asked why she wanted to see Career Counseling Connecticut’s counselors on a regular basis even though we usually can help our clients craft a […]
Dramatic Career Change Starts With Small Steps
When I walk through different career change scenarios with Career Counseling Connecticut’s clientele, the most popular option – at least initially – is the “out of the box” dramatic change option. Those who are “sick of their career” want to do something different and quite often they are attracted to something that would be dramatically […]
Getting ready for career change in 2017
“Set up the pieces in November and December and then start the career change process in full force in January.” I told Jessica, a twentysomething from Hamden, Connecticut. She was in a customer service job that she described as a dead end. As tends to be the case, she contacted Career Counseling Connecticut only after […]
Did you realize you are in a career revolution?
The funny thing about some historical epochs is that those experiencing the revolutionary change don’t realize they are part of a historical shift. The Industrial Revolution is viewed as a 75 year period. Most people living at the advent of this work paradigm shift had no idea that everything was changing during their lives. I […]
Work as the anxiety cure
“I’m too busy. I don’t have time to worry.” Winston Churchill when asked if he was worried during the 18 hour days he was working. Those engaged in work that they find meaningful “worry” but in a different way than those who are disengaged. They are immersed in problem solving in the present. They are […]
Transactional v. Opportunity Cost
Meghan sighed. “I totally get it. Every day that I’m not doing what I want is one day less that I could be doing something I do want.” Meghan’s job as a administrative assistant in a New Haven law firm was the primary cause of an anxiety diagnosis. Her parents urged her to change her […]
Career Counseling: The benefits of talking through a critical decision
Blake was at a cross-roads decision regarding different graduate school routes to pursue at UCONN. The story would drown in details if I described fully. Suffice to say, he had a genuine quandary and a deadline to solve the issue. I knew Blake from years ago as he had attended school in the Shoreline, Connecticut […]
Filling the resume gap with substance
Theresa, a working mother of three from New Haven, described her career path: I was in marketing for a media company in Stamford after my graduation from UConn. This was in the late 80s and early 90s. I did well, had fun, got married, had my first child, and then quit when I had my […]