How to accomplish a productive pivot One of the recurring questions I get when I am talking to working professionals is, āHow do I navigate a career change?ā Great Question! Letās say youāve been travelling a career path for a few years and youāve come to a point where you arenāt having fun, arenāt 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 ā you know, the stuff that hiring managers care about. It occurred to me that professionals who are rollinā along in…
New Year career tune-up tips The New Year is a great time to review the work youāve done and set goals for the work you want to do. In this case Iām 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…
Sustainable Career Success I was talking with a friend last week and we happened upon the topic of what distinguishes people who rise to the top of their chosen profession and those who seem to struggle through their work life (and maybe even their personal life).Ā As you can imagine this quickly became a rather…
Make sure you’re fishing in the right pond This monthās article focuses on helping those individuals who donāt have a lot of experience being a job seeker. Maybe you are getting ready to graduate, looking for an internship, returning to the workforce after an extended absence or newly transplanted to a new geography. This one…
I have the privilege of working with amazing people every day. Since we are in the business of finding and hiring talent for our clients, we spend between 4 and 6 hours each day talking with people about their careers. We spend an equal amount of time combing thru resumes. Without sounding too Black and…
How to address the salary question The one question that trips EVERYONE up when I talk with them is compensation. I talk with hundreds of job seekers every year ā from entry level to senior executives ā no one nails this question. So, itās time to talk about it. Seriously, itās not an elephant in the room. Iāll assume…
These tactics will damage your reputation In my position I have a unique vantage point. Daily, I work with hiring managers to help them hire great people and with job seekers to help them navigate their next career move. Iāve handled more hiring transactions than most people do in their entire working life. Iāve observed some pretty cool…
Taking charge of your career direction I was on the phone last week with an individual who asked this question: āIām at a pivotal point in my career. Do I take a technical path or do I begin to move toward a management role?ā Great question! Iāve given this a lot of thought since that conversation. I applaud…