Confidence and belief in yourself is SO important in a job search. It can be hard, though, especially if they have taken a hit due to being laid off or fired. It doesn't just feel bad though. It impacts your ability to get your next job. First, they profoundly affect your [...]
“Don’t just list your tasks and responsibilities in your resume, communicate the results you’ve delivered.” This advice is one of the most important things you’ll hear from job coaches because so many people’s DIY resumes don’t do that. Instead they list their responsibilities for each position they’ve held. As many a [...]
"The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest…the antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness. You're so exhausted because you can't be wholehearted at what you're doing.” This was the surprising message the poet David Whyte received from his friend and mentor Brother David Stendel-Rast years ago, in response to David’s confession about [...]
"Why would a potential employer want to choose me over all the other job applicants?" "What do I have to offer that makes me unique?" Answering these question is one of the most common challenges I see in clients starting a job search, as well as those who have been slogging [...]
Identifying what brings you alive, what energizes you, is one of the most useful tools in your career exploration tool kit. Doing so helps you recognize what you find motivating--what Dark Horse author Todd Rose calls your "micro-motives". Each person has their own unique combination of micro-motives and it's that unique [...]
Mackenzie O'Connor is a multi-talented individual. She co-founded a performance troupe, does improv, and has organized multiple entertainment events over the years. Yet, she found herself in her mid-twenties stuck in low level jobs that used a small fraction of her wide array of skills and left her feeling drained. By [...]
In a recent interview, Matthew McConaughey shared a powerful lesson that anyone involved in a job search can benefit from. He shared how after his first movie role (in Dazed and Confused), he could get auditions but no roles. At this point, he had less than a thousand dollars in his [...]
This is Hazel. She and her 7 siblings were brought to the shelter where I volunteer. She and the others needed to learn how to be around humans, so part of that involved having volunteers just hang out with her (she still wasn't used to being on a leash) and reading [...]
I first interviewed Daniel Santos a few years ago about his “Go Giver” approach to networking, because I thought it was such a thoughtful, generous way of approaching networking. (Note: Here's a more recent interview where he talks about his approach to networking.) I asked Daniel to do an interview because [...]
What do mushrooms have to do with networking? In this excerpt from a longer interview about his career journey, Daniel Santos talks about how his fascination with mushroom ecosystems relates to his approach to networking. He also shares another really useful perspective that helped him learn to enjoy networking. Speaking of [...]
