How to slide into your next career adventure One of the recurring questions I get when I am talking to working professionals is, âHow do I navigate a career change?â Great Question! The first step is to ask yourself if you are really ready to make the change. Letâs say youâve been travelling a career…
How-to Guide for sliding seamlessly into each career move I was talking with someone the other day who was unbelievably unhappy and unfulfilled in her current job. She has been with the same company for 13 years. Although sheâs moved around and been promoted, she feels very stuck. I asked her why she didnât look…
The hardest part of the interview process is preparing for situational or behavioral questions. The reason for this is that you really donât have a clue what will be asked. How in the world do you prepare for the unknown? Here are some tips that will allow you to trump your competition. Become a…
How to figure out if this might be a good move for you Iâve had more than a few discussions, debates and coaching calls with candidates who think that they need to leave their Fortune 500 director level position to jump onto the startup bandwagon â after all, startups are new and trendy, right? OK,…
How to accomplish a productive pivot One of the recurring questions I get when I am talking to working professionals is, âHow do I navigate a career change?â Great Question! Letâs say youâve been travelling a career path for a few years and youâve come to a point where you arenât having fun, arenât fulfilled,…
Unless you’ve been underground for the past few months you’ve probably noticed that businesses are feeling more optimistic about the economy lately. This is especially true in the Rocky Mountain Region. There is a significant uptick in hiring happening in just the last few weeks. This activity is also being felt by your employees –…
Get yourself out of neutral I just finished an article for hiring managers on tuning up their teams. I talked about how to introduce change as a way to increase performance, service or efficiencies â you know, the stuff that hiring managers care about. It occurred to me that professionals who are rollinâ along in…
Get out of neutral Last month we talked about how your companyâs reputation has an impact on the candidate profiles that you attract. Thatâs great if you are happy with the level at which your team is performing, the personality that emanates from your internal community and the people in that community. But what if you want to initiate a change? …
New Year career tune-up tips The New Year is a great time to review the work youâve done and set goals for the work you want to do. In this case Iâm not talking about performance at work, but rather your career as a whole. There are some traditions you can put in place to help guide you…
That keep you from getting the job This month is a âback to basicsâ post. I usually try to be upbeat, positive and encouraging in my blog postings, but there are a few things that candidates do during the process that are just dumb moves. So this month Iâm calling you on the carpet â…