With Valentine’s Day at the center of this “beautiful” winter month, I couldn’t resist the urge to find some way to work the process of building a relationship into the career transition theme. Turns out, it wasn’t so hard. In fact, as I began to think about it, finding the perfect sweetheart isn’t a lot different then finding the perfect career. It’s not easy but, we all have to admit, it sure is worth it in the long run.

   While I’m not a big Valentine’s Day “buy a gift and give...

Rather than start of this new year with the standard “let’s make resolutions” oration, I’d like to share a feel good story about my cat. Naturally, as you’ve seen in my past monthly newsletters, I’ll eventually relate the story to the career transition process through analogies and comparisons. Lucky you! (It’s a good story though.)

Shortly before Christmas this year, during our first winter snow-turn to rain-turn back to snow and then freeze storms of the season, one of  my family’s 3...

There Is No Progress Bar

“Career Transition Success Depends on Action”

   As a Career Consultant, I cherish the times that I receive a phone call, email, or personal visit from one of our candidates telling me that he/she has landed in a new career position. In addition to feeling a bit of self-satisfaction, for possibly playing a small role in their success, I’m truly happy for them – as I do remember what it was like when I went through my last career change. The feeling of relieve and...