Step One: Take Charge.
Do something. Anything at all. As Nike says, “just do it”. A majority of people that are unhappy with their career do nothing. This is no way to live your life. “I should have done this a long time ago” is what I hear often after an initial career counseling session. Part of the success […]
The Lost Twentysomething: Parents Urge Career Counseling
Way back in the mid-2000s, prior to the Great Recession, I recall Brendan walking into my office for a career counseling session. I knew Brendan when he was a high school student in Guilford High School. He had done all that was expected of him: good grades, good SATs, good college search, and wound up […]
3 General Principles For Parents To Help Your Children With Their Careers
Since appearing on the Chaz & AJ show, I have received many requests from Connecticut parents interested in helping their children with their career paths. While each career path is different and each family’s values, interests, and preferences require different career counseling, there are some general principles that should be applied. You are the Chief […]
What should parents do to help prepare their children’s careers?
Today, I will on the Chaz & AJ Show in the morning. 4th appearance on Connecticut’s number 1 morning radio show! I was surprised when I was first asked last spring because I thought the show was comedy based. It is but apparently, career issues are so significant these days that even morning comedy shows are […]
Should I help my adult children with their career?
Yes. That’s the simple answer. The simple explanation is that some areas of life – marriage/parenthood, health, and career – are so significant to overall life happiness that unless you think your parental duties end when your children leave the house you should help if possible. The how you can/should help is a much bigger, more […]
What are you building? Twentysomethings, career drift, and brand building
“My older brother’s friend helped me get into this company…” Brittany said. “I never heard of them and didn’t even know what they did”, she continued in her vague descriptions of a company in North Haven, Connecticut. Brittany graduated Fairfield University in 2012. While the recession had lost its vigorous grip on the nation at […]
Twentysomethings: Creating the dream career
In my career counseling work, I don’t help create starving artists. But I do help idealists create realistic dream careers. It is far easier to do so with my twentysomething clients than with my fortysomething clients who live in big houses with a couple of children in the Connecticut suburbs. That whole pay the […]
Parents of Twentysomethings: Your work never ends…!
My original company – The Learning Consultants – remains focused on helping high school students gain admission to colleges of their choice. Due to thousands of clients from that work through the years on the Connecticut shoreline, it seemed natural that most of my career counseling clients would be twentysomethings. Surprisingly, the age range of […]