Career Coach

Seven networking strategies

As networking has become more and more of a factor in your career – it is now the way a little over than half the jobs in America are secured – it’s time to devote more time not only to doing it, but to thinking about it. Read more …

“Fifty for Fifty” – 50 reasons to hire the 50 (plus) candidate

I’ve had enough. As a sixty-something, if I hear one more 50-something complaining about age discrimination instead of doing something about it, I’m going to scream. We all know it exists, but why are you letting yourself get pushed around? Why are you not fighting back? You are eminently employable, but it seems you’re surrendering because you’ve forgotten what your value is. So here are 50 reasons companies should hire you. Start reminding them. Read more …

Your resume’s regular “maintenance schedule”

With so much attention being paid to writing great resumes, let’s turn to something that needs as much emphasis: maintaining your resume on a regular and frequent basis. Keeping your resume up to date is just as important as writing a good one to begin with. Read more …

From uniform to workplace: your next big victory: Why America’s veterans are great hires

Having accepted an invitation to address a group of veterans next month on the subject of entering (or re-entering) the workforce, I got to thinking about two things. 1) Veterans typically become great employees when they re-enter the workforce, and 2) they have, of late, encountered an inordinate amount of resistance by employers, leading to a disproportionate unemployment rate among them. Read more …

What kind of interview is it?

OK, so I’m on record as saying that 2011 will be better than 2010. Not that it takes a whole lot of guts to predict an improvement over what we’ve been going through, but I’m still one of the few saying it. Well, if that’s the case … Read more …

Life isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself: A personal tale of self-exploration and invention

“Out of mortal imagination comes a dream of something new, something better, something yet to happen in the future… – Thomas Cahill, historian

When I was little, and adults asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, career coach and newspaper columnist were definitely not my answers. What little boy ever says that? Besides playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, it was the predictable doctor or president. Or Superman. Read more …