Cover letters – the age-old formality of writing a letter and explaining why someone should consider you for a job. Cover letter anxiety often prevents applicants from following through and submitting for a role. The thought of putting pen to paper to convince someone to give you a shot can […]
As many students returned to college campuses to attend in person classes for the first time since the start of the pandemic, some seniors are feeling behind in preparation for life after the tassel turns. Many have had nearly half of their college experiences throttled back by pandemic-related shutdowns. From […]
Five years ago today, I said goodbye to my corporate job. I took the giant leap into entrepreneurship and launched my own firm. It was the scariest and most exciting thing I’ve ever done. Every year since, I’ve grown by at least 40% YoY, and 2020, despite all the changes […]
The culture around changing jobs has shifted. Millennials between the ages of 18-30 have already held 7.8 jobs on average, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is staggering considering the average Baby Boomer has had about 12 jobs over the course of their career. LinkedIn Founder, Reid Hoffman, […]
The average American changes careers / jobs 11 times in their lifetime, according to the Department of Labor (August, 2017). about it; you are probably well into job two or three, and there is a long road ahead – most likely with many twists and turns. Because fluidity in the […]
There’s a lot of talk these days about knowing your own strengths, but what does that really mean? And what exactly are strengths? Gallup, Inc., the performance-management consulting company, defines strengths as a combination of skills and knowledge developed through practice and multiplied by talent (the natural way a person […]
“We’re looking for someone more junior.” “We think you’ll get bored.” “You’ve already been there and done that. Why would you want to do it again?” A week doesn’t go by without someone telling me he or she was told one of these lines. Yet, when I look at the […]
Is Age Discrimination really happening? Yes – it’s real – at least in the Bay Area. Not a week goes by that I don’t hear someone share a personal story about being passed over for a job because of their age. They’re told they’re “overqualified”, “their salary is too high”, […]
Being laid off can bring a flood of emotions—fear, anger, embarrassment, and stress—just to name a few. And you’re 100% entitled to feel them. You should feel them. Being let go is a loss and when we lose something, we need to take time to mourn and grieve. At the […]
My mom entered the workforce in 1972. She was a newly single mom with two grade-school children and a mortgage to pay. She was probably scared to death about how she was going to make ends meet. I was too young at the time to pay attention to what she […]
