Future Careers: Start Planning Now
Career Counseling Connecticut has been entirely focused on helping its clients understand that we are in a radically changing new world of work. Preparing for the Future of Work The pace of technological advancement is accelerating, reshaping job markets faster than ever before. Artificial intelligence, genetics, robotics, renewable energy —innovations like these will revolutionize entire […]
Career Pilot Program
CareerPilot Program Description: The CareerPilot program is a systematic and comprehensive approach to career planning and development, designed specifically for young adults. It’s a five-step program aimed to empower you with a deep self-understanding and clear strategic goals, enabling you to navigate your career path with confidence and precision. Step 1: Pre-Meeting Work – Comprehensive […]
New Program: Career Pilot
CareerPilot Program Description: The CareerPilot program is a systematic and comprehensive approach to career planning and development, designed specifically for young adults. It’s a five-step program aimed to empower you with a deep self-understanding and clear strategic goals, enabling you to navigate your career path with confidence and precision. Step 1: Pre-Meeting Work – Comprehensive […]
If you are “meh” with your job, then now is the perfect time to plan your next move
I’m a bit too old to use a hipster word but I’ve recently worked with several twentysomethings who used “meh” when describing their current job. I fully know that those who find Career Counseling Connecticut usually find us after they have been suffering for a while. The most common comment we receive is “I should […]
2023: Time for a New Career Finally… and Career Counseling Connecticut Is Often Needed
After meeting with Career Counseling Connecticut and coming up with a career vision, my career counseling clients don’t simply quit their jobs. Instead, over a period of time – for some 3 months, for some a year or more – the career changer plans the move, sometimes with further career coaching and sometimes without. When […]
College Graduation Gift: Career Help
Congratulations and welcome to the New Post Pandemic World of Work! Good news: there are lots of jobs available Bad news: many of these jobs are not career building jobs (at least for college graduates) Good news: if you have a career vision, you can likely craft a plan that will enable you to get […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: the post college job search
The pandemic took its toll on college students. Terrible time to be in college. But also a terrible time to think about building a career. Internships were remote. Or disappeared. Colleges are generally terrible at helping college students with their career planning were particularly terrible in the last couple of years. Why? Because the best […]
Parent of a graduating college student in 2022?
Over the years, I have been surprised – although less so now – at the number of college graduates who did not seek full time employment during their senior year of college. Parents are much nicer these days. Back in the day, old school parents would have been asking “have you applied for jobs?” on […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: 3 Ways To Successfully Change Careers
In the twenty years of working with career changers in Connecticut, I have never seen such an intense desire for career changing clients to change their careers, jobs, and lives. The Pandemic accelerated trends that were happening the previous decade: (1) Younger workers wanted more control over their time than previous generations (2) Older workers […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: Interacting With US Will Create Action
“Jerry” was miserable in his job and career path. But, he felt stuck. He was 32. Young, from my vantage point, but old, from his view, to switch careers. Having graduated from college mostly clueless about what he really wanted to do, he wound up working in a small business in Stamford, CT. After a […]