Last week the New York Times published an article by Jeffrey Seling entitled: “Will You Sprint, Stroll, or Stumble into a Career” Seling describes the sprint as follows: “Sprinters start fast right out of the gate. They pick a major…
Are you wondering if it’s time to switch careers? Perhaps you realize that you haven’t looked forward to most of the work you do in years. Or some significant life event has occurred that causes you to shift your perspective…
No matter at which career stage you find yourself, or whatever your career trajectory, it is almost certain that you can do more to “get ahead” (whether that means more responsibility, more pay, a better title, higher internet visibility, or…
One of the salient themes that emerged for me during the presidential campaign was the failure of both candidates to accept responsibility for the actions that, perhaps more than any others, contributed to the antipathy that so many voters felt…
I recently finished reading a book by the prominent New York Times columnist Tom Friedman entitled “That Used to Be Us” (co-authored by Michael Mendelbaum) which prescribes solutions to the major issues facing our country, including infrastructure deterioration, environmental /…

Why Resumes Are Important A service that I perform for many of my clients is helping them to improve their resumés. It surprises me how many people still view their resume strictly as a summary of the positions and responsibilities…
This week’s post is an easy one to write, as I am excerpting a column published in the New York Times on September 29 by Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University. His basic thesis is that for…
Networking is The Most Important Job Hunt Tool What Color Is Your Parachute, the classic job-seeker text notes that networking is five times more likely to result in a job offer than is sending resumes. Networking is undoubtedly the single…
Reasonable and Unreasonable Expectations of Career Counseling A few days ago I received a call from a prospective client needing interview coaching who asked me a number of relevant questions: How does your process work? What are your fees? How many…
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