Dealing with the Fallout from COVID It’s becoming increasingly clear that COVID-19 is going to be impacting us for a lot longer than was initially hoped. The surge in cases this month is a pretty devastating blow to the hope…
Preparing for the Rebound There’s plenty being written about how to cope with the calamitous deterioration of our economy. I’ve written some about it myself. But the sun will come out again. Not tomorrow and No, the economy is not…
An Additional Warning About the Economic Slowdown March 22, 2020 Some of the on-air pundits, particularly those favorably disposed towards the administration, are talking about a fairly rapid V shaped recovery as the virus gets under control and as the…

Jim Weinstein in The Washingtonian Two career coaches talk about what they’ve learned about the job market, making a career change, and what makes people enjoy their work. How To Find Work You Love For Karen James Chopra, an unwanted…
Interview with National Coach Academy Recently, I did an interview with Brandon Baker from Life Coach Path. It’s been published as part of the National Coaching Academy Coach Interview series. “Our main objective here at the National Coach Academy is…
Overcoming Skepticism About Finding the Right Career Path Figuring out the right career path is initially a daunting process for many clients with whom I work. They’ve often struggled for years to find the answer, taking career tests, completing personality…
A not infrequent question of my clients in their mid twenties to mid thirties is “Should I go back to school and get a graduate degree?” (most commonly an M.B.A.). There are a number of ways of looking at this…
Branding “Personal brand” was a term first used by Tom Peters in 1997, but has only been in widespread use over the last decade. When I first heard this term I had a viscerally negative reaction; I’d been intensely schooled…
Career Testing vs. Career Counseling for Twenty-Somethings Career choice is often made with less deliberation than one would imagine. Certainly that’s true of initial career choice. Twenty somethings’ are very much swayed by the opinions of family, peers, and popular culture,…
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Jim identifies paths with clarity including responsibilities, entry points, challenges, and genuine trade-offs.
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