The US unemployment rate came in at 3.7% in August 2019, flatlined from the previous two month’s numbers. This year’s highest unemployment was only 4% in January. So if you’re searching for a job due to layoff, reemployment after...
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Yes, that’s me zip-lining in the photo. Kauai, Hawaii more than a decade ago escaping the dreariness of a Seattle rainy Winter. Leaping off platforms over the top of 200-foot drops and reaching speeds faster than 50 miles per...
When you look at your next career adventure you may think about the opportunity, title, promotion, benefits, and culture. Or simply having a job. Hot meals for lunch? Fireball allowed on your desktop? No dress code? Ping pong table?...
Someone recently on LinkedIn voiced their opinion about the fallacy of a personal brand. Quite indignant with a statement alluding to the facts we are humans vs. products. More power to her for having a perspective but the financial...
Hello, thank you for visiting my blog. It appears you’re looking for a job since the subject matter is very specific, although I could claim psychic abilities but I digress. I would like to start off with thanking Garrison...
In her 2018 TED Talk, designer Ingrid Fettell Lee stated: “Joy is different than happiness. Happiness is something that measures how good we feel over time. But joy is about feeling good right now, in the moment.” Her observation...
Why do we call it a “Work-Life Balance” vs. “Life-Work Balance” … putting your personal life first? On average, we spend 11 hours per day on a job — commuting, working, problem-solving, agonizing — and only 6 hours per...
In the past year I have met clients who couldn’t pull the trigger on an immediate decision to move forward with a career consultant (me) or, after doing so, couldn’t select a single path to pursue. There’s nothing wrong...
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Landing Your Dream Job
For the past 2 years, my husband Pat and I have been traveling globally using a 10-year bucket list. We live a month at a time in a place we typically haven’t visited previously. It started with Palermo, Sicily...
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Finding Arete — It’s About Purpose
Two years ago I was fortunate to close on an early retirement with full benefits including healthcare insurance and pension. I say “close” since that was the vernacular of my last position at a Fortune 200 company in business...