Sometimes our clients are surprised at first to hear about paid search.  They ask us, why should I pay for career management services? What is my return on investment? Let me answer this with examples from my own life.  All of the numbers are exactly true.  The timing and the circumstances I will...

We always try to address topics of broader interest to career changers in this blog.  By and large, this means exploring “personas” that we run into repeatedly. These personas have issues we understand and whose career challenges we can help ameliorate.  We’ve been doing this for three decades. So,...

In these blogs we like to explore situations that can happen to our readers, such as becoming unemployed, in which the Barrett Group (TBG) can really help alleviate job search stress. Let’s talk about Dominic. Here’s what our Senior Career Consultant had to say about Dominic in March at the beginning...

We use our blogs to share the experiences of our clients as they embark on their career change journeys.  Let’s face it: changing jobs can be daunting or downright scary.  That’s why we share.  To let you know you are not alone and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Exciting Developments! Let’s...

This blog is intended to help our readers understand the variety of professionals who come to the Barrett Group. They come with their career in disarray and we help them find relief, confidence, and, above all, success in achieving their professional aspirations. Nothing convinces, they say, like...

Today I want to return to telling you about real people who have overcome their challenges and landed great jobs through their own efforts. (With excellent advice and support from the Barrett Group.) Doctoring your career. Edgar is an Orthopedic Surgeon with a double masters, MBA and MSHA. After running...

As I’ve mentioned before, literally thousands of executives come to us each year. They have expectations of how we can help them in their career development.  Some of them have very specific needs and expectations (such as demonstrating transferability of skills across industries). While others simply...

We’ve talked extensively in prior issues of this Blog about individuals and the factors that motivated them to seek us out for support in their career change endeavors – and change jobs.  Quantitatively the main factors driving executives to connect with us include the following (based on tens of...

Thousands of professionals come to us each year looking for better career opportunities.  So many, in fact, that we can actually identify collections of symptoms of people who particularly benefit from our services.  I think it’s helpful for executives to see themselves in these “personas.” And thereby...

It is our pleasure to speak with hundreds of prospective career changers every month.  Through them we gain a direct understanding of what is going on in the market place.  These calls run the emotional gamut from desperate to philosophical, depending on the candidate’s situation.  Through this blog,...