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When You Finally See the Dark Side
When you are a confidant to people in bad job situations, you become privy to some pretty dark intelligence. What do to with that? Certainly, I don’t go public with it. If I am to remain a confidant, confidentiality is critical. Also, when I hear reports indicating a lack of conscious leadership in a company, […]
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Job Security Now Through 2030
While some prospective clients come to me hoping I can help them land somewhere “stable,” another group come to me because they realize that their companies’ stability has become golden handcuffs, and has held them back from reaching their full potential. Even if this was the time when you could graduate, land at a […]
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Why Hypnosis? Answer: Disruption – For Real
Eight years ago I watched a video during my pregnancy called The Business Of Being Born. Learning about the cascade of interventions and how they can lead to further complications was frightening. I vowed to give birth under as many natural conditions as possible, avoiding all potential UNNECESSARY medical interventions, including, but not limited to […]
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Intend to Land Before the Holidays Hit? What You Should Be Doing Right Now!
I am in as much denial as you that it is August already! My nieces and nephew in Georgia had their first day of school today and one of my Midwest clients’ kids went back two weeks ago. Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future. Your brain, like mine, may simply refuse […]
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Step 6 to Career Happiness: Refine! It is and it isn’t a Numbers Game
A lot of people do not follow step five to happiness, asking for help, because they assume that the reasons they are not able to land the job that they want after making a concerted effort are beyond their control, or worse, that the problem is them. In other words, they feel beyond help. […]
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Step 5 to a Happy Career: Action
Nothing feels better than when you are facing a challenge or trying to achieve something by taking action. But does taking any old action make a difference? Or does it have to be the right one? The answer is they are both right. You may have of heard of a phenomenon called “analysis paralysis.” That […]
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Dear Soon-To-Be Graduates: The Last 2 of 7 Things You May Not Want to Know, But Need To
The big day is arriving soon, dear graduates. You will be a full-fledged member of the “real world.” Some of you are ready, while others are scared to death. The difference between the two groups is outlook. The ones who are ready perceive the real world will be able to offer them more than childhood […]
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Plans A Through D for Getting Noticed by Employers
Flat out– I cannot guarantee even a cover letter I write is going to be read by human eyes. Even though I identify and research my client’s most logical next boss, find out what is most important to them, target their hot buttons, and write a subject line that cannot be ignored for an email […]