Time management is an important topic for busy executives. However, when you work for a company, you often find that your schedule somehow fills itself. You have meetings. You respond to questions from your subordinates and complete projects assigned by your bosses. Most important, you have a sense of what you need to do to […]
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Get career information you need for your career change
Career changers often realize they need information before making a commitment to change, but its not always clear what career information will be critical to your unique challenge. You need more than answers: you need questions. For example, consider a career changer we can call Suzanne. Suzanne outgrew her stuffy finance job after ten exhausting […]
How To Handicap Your Career With Too Much Information
Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article on the dangers of TMI: sharing Too Much Info with colleagues at work. See When Oversharing Invades The Office by Elizabeth Bernstein. Some examples from people interviewed for the article: A young man shares that he shaved his entire body for a bike race. A woman blurts that […]
Overqualified but happy to have a job
That was the title of a recent New York Times article. You can read it here. The gist of the article is this: In today’s tight job market, companies can attract talent they’d ordinarily never see. And despite conventional wisdom, many of these overqualified hires are working out. Here’s what I think (and please add […]
Do Your Interviews Go Nowhere?
One of the most common questions I get goes like this: “I’ve achieved some success in getting interviews. Sometimes I even get a second interview. Then…nothing happens. What’s wrong?” Typically this problem has three possible causes. First, many clients realize they need to practice their interview skills. For example, when you are asked, “Do you […]
3 Tips For Choosing A Career Coach
Are you thinking of getting help with your career change or job search? Here are 3 tips based on mistakes I’ve made or watched others make, both as a career coach/consultant and as a client of career coaches. Tip #1: Get clear on what you need and what you can expect. Job search takes time […]