If you are looking for career advancement outside of your current company, you need a list of target companies. These are companies that seem, on the surface, to meet your main criteria regarding size, geography and industry who employ people like you. You can create that list easily enough. Heck, you can use Google Maps’ search […]
Here are a few of the places where Katherine will be speaking in June. There are links to the events that are open to the public to register and attend. June 8, 2017 Performance Management Kent State University Half day workshop – Private Session June 13, 2017 Performance Management Kent State University Half day workshop – Private […]
Resumes should be a solid representation of you and what you want in your career. Graham left a leadership role in medical device company. He was done with leadership, just sick of it. All he wanted to do was sell. “Just give me a bag and leave me alone to get results,” he said. Graham […]
A fulfilling career is the intersection of something you find fascinating and something you are good at. This article is an excerpt from our BizTV video, which can be viewed online, simply click this link. In a fascinating Forbes article, Why you can’t find a job you love, author Louis Efron points out some reasons why […]
There’s one question that is often used first in job interviews, “Tell me about yourself”. It is THE one QUESTION that can really throw people into a panic too. You NEED to be prepared to answer this question. Fully prepared. That is why I often speak and share resources about this, like our free download that helps […]
You need to do information interviews when you’re seeking a new career. I wonder what a Process Engineer does? I wonder what is involved in being a Product Manager? What is that “Coding” I keep hearing about? When you find yourself asking, “I wonder…” you know it is time to get more information. We call […]
Sarah is changing jobs. At first there was a flurry of activity as she pulled together all the job search materials, her resume, updated her LinkedIn profile, added contacts and connected with old colleagues. She is far along with one company, hoping for an offer. But still there is that hole in the pit of […]
Re-wording your resume can make all the difference in the success of your career search. Ed is the kind of IT guy who can solve problems, high level problems about how systems should come together to achieve business goals. Unfortunately his company, a big systems consulting firm, restructured and eliminated Ed and his team. He […]
Quick! What is the first impression you want to leave? What do you want to be known for? This is your personal brand. Are you sure your social media profile highlights what you want to be known for? Hmmm… How can you tell? Most people struggle with this. Even people who should know better. I […]
Are you getting spring flowers yet? The dogwood blooms and daffodils remind us that it is spring! Spring also represents the end of the first quarter of the business calendar year. We should be one quarter of the way towards those goals we set at the beginning of the year. I am a tiny bit […]
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