0 Transferable Skills

A common question posed by clients is “How can I determine what are my transferable skills?” It’s a good question, but emanates from what is often a mistaken belief that a crisp articulation of transferable skills will qualify a job applicant for consideration. Unfortunately, in most instances that’s simply not the case. What are some […]

A Different Way of Looking at Situations that “Don’t Work Out”

A huge obstacle that many of the clients I counsel need to overcome is their disappointment with not having landed the kinds of jobs they applied for that seemed “just right” for them. A phrase that I often use in these situations that these clients have found to be resonant is: “If the train doesn’t […]

0 Ways in which Coaching Can Help

Last week, a surgeon named Atul Gawande wrote an article for the “Annals of Medicine” section of the New Yorker magazine titled “Personal Best”. It dealt with his positive experience with a coach, and went on to describe the long-standing and widespread use of coaching among people at the top of their game, ranging from Yitzhak […]

0 Sometimes, Things DON’T Work Out for a Reason

Sometimes, Things DON’T Work Out for a Reason A huge obstacle that many of the clients I counsel need to overcome is their disappointment with not having landed the kinds of jobs they applied for that seemed “just right” for them. A phrase that I often use in these situations that these clients have found […]

0 What Should I Do After Exiting The Military?

I’ve always had as clients military personnel transitioning into the private sector, NGOs or into government, but in the last month I’ve worked with three ranging in rank from 1st lieutenant to lieutenant colonel. None of the three really knew exactly what they wanted to do when they left the armed services, and all were […]

0 You’ll Only Get Hired If They Like You

Perhaps one of the most underestimated qualities necessary to being hired for virtually ANY job is likeability. No one hires a candidate that they don’t like. What’s more, a reasonably qualified candidate stands a far better chance of being hired than a superbly qualified one, if the difference in likeability is significant. After all, would […]