Interview Prep: Career Profiling Tests
I have studied personality profiling for approximately 25 years. My first exposure was in relation to the Enneagram. My second was in relation to Myers-Briggs. I write about each in the context of career counseling in Career Path of Abundance. For someone like myself who is interested in psychology, these tests are enjoyable as well […]
Career Happiness: The Happiness of Pursuit
I am quoting a variety of sources who shifted the key words in Thomas Jefferson’s famous line in the Declaration of Independence. In relation to career happiness, it has led to a breakthrough for a number of my career counseling clients.These clients were suffering at the thought of paying their dues when as they pondered […]
Career Counseling in Connecticut: The Land of Steady Habits
“I read your career book and realized it was time for a change.” Mike said as we were having drinks at a friendly bar in Stamford, CT. Mike is an old friend so he bought Career Path of Abundance simply as a gesture to 30 years of friendship. He continued: “I picked up the book, […]
Happier Career: Escaping The Rat Race
Anyone over 40 likely knows of the phrase: “escaping the rat race”. It was a pipe dream for many, at least back in the 1980s/1990s. Most thought their work destiny inevitably led to commuting to a large organization, playing corporate warrior, and then repeating. Endlessly. Having to deal with face time, organizational politics, rigid schedules, […]
What if your average work day was a great day?
Those with happy work understand the headline. Those who have only had unhappy work likely understand at an intellectual level – like a perpetually snow bound Siberian reading a headline about touring Hawaii – but would not understand at an emotional level. “Time to head back to the salt mines.” said my supervising law partner […]
Idealists Need To Care About Their Work
“I can’t just sell anything. It has to be something I care about.” So said Lee, a gregarious, likable, twentysomething from New Haven, Connecticut who came in for an initial career counseling meeting. Lee had been bouncing around in various jobs and had yet to find any career traction. Several people had suggested that he […]
Your career vision or strategy needs editing, not 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 than not, the client is focusing on a career tactic when he/she should be focusing on career strategy and career vision. […]
Career Counseling For Young Adults
Throughout much of history, young children saw the work of their parents. They either helped their parents with work or they observed what their parents did for work. Even as society progressed into the industrial revolution, the vast majority of teenagers would understand the work world far better than young adults today. Teens from the […]
Career Equals Identity
The Atlantic has a great article on work identity issues. Definitely worth read if you are contemplating career change.
Spring Career Renewal
Symbolism can be inspiring. The start of the new year, your birthday, and spring time are each auspicious times to change your career path. Most people change due to desperation. They react to events that they could have reasonably foresaw years before. Alex came in to see me after he was laid off. Alex worked […]