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...

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...