Clients pay me as a career consultant for personal brand image positioning, including resumés and LinkedIn profile optimization. There’s another piece to the puzzle to enhance your next career adventure. Do you have a mentor? I have several for...
I must confess this photo inspired me to write a blog to showcase it. Here’s my reality, clients drag their feet. Yes, I realize these feet are up in the air, but it got my attention, so how about...
As an executive career consultant, I have several clients seeking to advance their careers or planning retirement within the short term. We discuss the next chapter of giving back plus still staying involved in corporate and not-for-profit settings as...
The last time we got together I discussed travel planning for working abroad. As promised here are my 6 tech tips about working remotely and exploring your new environment. How times have changed. Now you can work anywhere that...
Two-Part Series: Travel Planning and Working Remotely Yes, you can work remotely. Anywhere. The delimiting factor is if the Internet and phone service are available. Maybe you want to unplug? No need to read further. In the annual 2019...
What’s A Sabbatical? You hear more and more about people taking sabbaticals. Work-life balance. It’s no longer just for tenured professors and those in the medical field. Some Fortune 500 companies even encourage it. The difference between a sabbatical...
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...
Career Planning For those in the U.S., it’s Labor Day so I thought it was a great time to discuss your job. Are you in your happy place? If not, and you’re pondering a career change it’s time to...
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?...