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!!!! Are you looking forward to going back to work? If not, time for job-career change.
With hope, most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s readers are enjoying a long holiday. Some of my Christmas cards are from past clients who came to Career Counseling Connecticut feeling miserable about their careers and now feel good-great. Google “Sunday anxiety” and you may be surprised by the sheer volume of articles addressing work dread. I […]
Career Counseling Connecticut: The Great Resignation is Great News for Mid-Career, Career Changers
65. If you are over 40, then you likely were cultured with the original programming that 65 is THE AGE OF RETIRMENT. Here’s some good news: 65 was created as a retirement age based on long outdated actuarial calculations. Governments thought that people would die before or not much after 65. You are going to […]
Career Change Connecticut 2022: The Movie of Your Life
You are the main character of your movie. There are a lot of ways that you could write the movie. But I’m sure that doing the same dull or uninspiring job year after year would not be one of them. A complete failure to understand that career exploration is not the same as career change […]
Career Risk – Staying Has More Risk Than Leaving
“I despise my job.” As a career coach, I hear is phrase a lot. I also hear: “I’m thinking of doing something else but at the end of the day I do not want to take the risk and leave my secure job.” It is very common for people to be highly focused on […]
Career Change: Career counseling provides a needed sense of urgency
“I should have come here years ago…” That may be the most common phrase I hear from Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients. Changing careers is challenging in all the ways that something can be: fear of failure, fear of uncertainty, fear of insecurity. That reason – or really collection of many reasons – is why most […]