Newsletters: Hot topics around job search and career change
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The Magic of Paying It Forward
August 31, 2023
By Julie Norwell Broadway actor Claybourne Elder is a compelling example of the magic of paying it forward. While...
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Taking Off the Comfort Blanket
July 31, 2023
By Julie Norwell During the pandemic, Philip was promoted to deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of a...
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The Evolving Landscape of Employee Benefits
June 30, 2023
By Julie Norwell In three short years, the Covid-19 pandemic profoundly reshaped the way we work and the priorities of...
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What to Know About AI in the Hiring Process
May 26, 2023
By Julie Norwell “Global Talent Shortage Reaches a 17-Year High.” That is the headline of a recent survey by the...
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Will AI End Your Career?
April 30, 2023
By Julie Norwell Artificial intelligence is everything, everywhere, all at once. Sure, for years, people have...
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10 Common Mistakes in Interviewing
March 31, 2023
By Julie Norwell Executives entering the job market often think they know how to look for a job. That’s...
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To Fuel the Post-Pandemic Economy, Bet on Women Startups
February 27, 2023
By Julie Norwell It’s well known that the Covid-19 pandemic pitched working women under a bus. Industries favored by...
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12 Common Mistakes in an Executive Job Search
January 31, 2023
By Julie Norwell If you’re re-entering the job market after significant time away from it, you’ve outgrown the...
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Are Jobseekers Losing the Upper Hand?
December 31, 2022
By Julie Norwell The economic winds are shifting – and they’re bringing changes to the job market. Rising interest...
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How to Face the Dread of Networking
November 30, 2022
(And What the Heck is Social Capital?) By Julie Norwell For five years, Lisa managed the operations and facilities of...
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How Can You Endure Unsustainable Work? And Should You?
October 28, 2022
By Julie Norwell “HELP WANTED BADLY,” read the sign taped to the entrance of the specialty food shop. “BARISTAS,...
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Consulting Can Be a Bridge to a New Career
September 30, 2022
By Julie Norwell Cameron Carnegie's career was derailed when the pandemic devastated the global airline industry. A...
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The Enormous Power of Weak Ties
August 31, 2022
By Julie Norwell This year, the philanthropic arm of BBVA, one of the largest financial institutions in the world,...
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Be a Solution, not a Job Seeker
July 31, 2022
By Julie Norwell When Peter Witke found himself unexpectedly cast into the job market at the height of the pandemic,...
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Mentoring vs. Professional Coaching: Where Do They Fit into Your Career?
June 26, 2022
By Julie Norwell After six years working at a non-profit educational research organization in Washington D.C.,...
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How to Recognize a Toxic Work Culture
May 31, 2022
By Julie Norwell When Katherine landed the job of chief population health officer at a large hospital health system,...
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A Battle for Talent Is Reshaping the Job Market
April 27, 2022
By Julie Norwell Do you know what the number one priority is for CEOs in the United States this year? It’s a bit of...
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Are Generational Differences in the Workplace Actually…Different?
March 30, 2022
By Julie Norwell In 2020, family-owned company, SolidRoots, released a new boardgame that rocketed to the tops of...
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The Pandemic Spotlighted the Biggest Barrier for Working Women
March 6, 2022
By Julie Norwell March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s a day earmarked to celebrate the social, economic,...
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Four Surprising Aspects of Aging and Work
February 6, 2022
Ageism may not yet be on its heels, but greater awareness of our ability to counter it will make a big difference in...
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Want to be the Product of Your Decisions? Be Proactive!
January 13, 2022
Want to be the Product of Your Decisions, Not Your Circumstances? Be Proactive! By Julie Norwell The start of every...
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How To Be the Right Person at the Right Time
December 12, 2021
By Julie Norwell One Saturday morning in early July Ray Cleary connected with the hiring manager of a position that he...
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Working Standards: U.S. vs. Europe
November 7, 2021
By Julie Norwell “What do you do for a living?” This question is a common conversation starter in the United...
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Women Are Shaping Post-Pandemic Work Life for Everyone
October 9, 2021
By Julie Norwell Major life events often trigger people to make big changes. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that a...
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Building Confidence in Your Value Proposition
September 12, 2021
By Julie Norwell Ashley Turner spent nearly her entire career working in hotels. She never wanted to do anything else....
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Overcoming Rejection
August 13, 2021
By Julie Norwell Getting rejected is difficult and involves a lot of complicated feelings. But the basics of...
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Do You Have Purpose in Your Work?
July 18, 2021
By Julie Norwell One of the more surprising developments to emerge out of the pandemic was a mass quitting of jobs...
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Why Are So Many People Quitting Their Jobs Now?
June 11, 2021
By Julie Norwell The number of job vacancies soared to 9.3 million in April. That’s 11% more job openings in April...
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The Post-Pandemic Employment Landscape Is Shifting
May 13, 2021
By Julie Norwell Spring is here, vaccinations are up, Covid-19 cases are dropping, and the economy, which has a $1.9...
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Re-Engaging Post-Covid
April 16, 2021
How will re-engaging in professional life look when the pandemic ends? By Julie Norwell You might have heard...
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Roll with the Blows - Convert a Job Search Setback into an Opportunity
March 10, 2021
When can a job search setback be converted into an opportunity? By Julie Norwell In 1987 a college senior learned an...
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10 Ways You Can Advance Your Career
February 19, 2021
The future is still very uncertain, but even in the best of times great careers don’t happen by accident – to...
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Leveraging The “It” Factor: And other intangible advantages you should use in an executive job search
February 15, 2021
And other intangible advantages you should use in an executive job search. By Julie Norwell You’ve revamped your...
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When is the Right Time to Risk a Career Change?
February 2, 2021
A global pandemic and an uncertain economy may seem like a strange time to consider a job change, but for some people...
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3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About Work in 2021
February 2, 2021
Here are three reasons to be optimistic about work in 2021 and 6 interesting workplace trends to inform your job...
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Anxiety …isn’t Good for You!
January 16, 2021
By Mark Steinke, Chief Strategy Officer at The Barrett Group According to the Anxiety and Depression Association...
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How to Future-proof Your Career
November 11, 2020
In her 2018 memoir, Becoming, former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama opens with a reflection. She remembers when she was...
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8 Key Career Lessons to Be an Executive
October 8, 2020
Everyone knows the proverb, “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you’ll feed...
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12 Ways to Maximize LinkedIn During a Career Change
September 10, 2020
Most people considering a career change know that LinkedIn is THE place to start a job search. But few fully understand...
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4 Crucial Tips for Remote Interviewing
August 9, 2020
By Julie Norwell When the pandemic hit in March, most people got a crash course in using online conferencing...
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Where Are You in Your Career cycle?
July 16, 2020
By Julie Norwell Why is it that so many of us become dissatisfied in mid-career? We begin to question why it is that...
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Diversity in the Workplace is a Win-Win-Win
July 8, 2020
Corporate America has a long way to go to achieve true diversity, especially at the executive level. Change has come at...
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What to Know About Hiring Cycles to Ensure a Successful Job Search
June 16, 2020
By Julie Norwell Many factors affect hiring and recruitment. Some are internal to an organization, such as...
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Which Industries Will Sink and Which Will Swim in the Post-Covid World?
June 3, 2020
By Julie Norwell The industries employment numbers for May are realy ugly. But by this point they shouldn’t shock...
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Career Management and the “New Normal”: What will work life and job seeking look like after the Coronavirus Crisis?
May 6, 2020
Career Management and the “New Normal”: What will work life and job seeking look like after the Coronavirus Crisis?...
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Job Seeking During the Coronavirus Crisis: Put your worries to work so you’re ready when we get to the other side of it
April 20, 2020
Put your worries to work so you’re ready when we get to the other side of it. By Julie Norwell Reading the news is...
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Hone Your Networking Skills…and Slip in the Backdoor to Land Your Next Job
April 16, 2020
Did you know that 85% of all jobs are landed through networking? If you know nothing else about networking skills, that...
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Your Career Will Outlive This Crisis
March 20, 2020
A Letter from our CEO Dear friends, We hope this finds you well, as are we. The Barrett Group has been active in...
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The High Road Approach
January 2, 2020
A hiring manager, 3rd party recruiter, or HR professional encounters many difficult assignments. Other than letting...
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Do You Deserve More Money? Here are 4 tips to get the compensation you want
December 27, 2019
Compensation is a fundamental component of employment, but it’s one of the most difficult topics for workers to...
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Emotional Intelligence May Be More Valuable than Skills in the Job Search
October 14, 2019
Knowing how to read clients and colleagues, and understanding what underlying thoughts and emotions are influencing...
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When Hiring Managers Go Silent… Getting Ghosted!
September 12, 2019
By Julie Norwell You wrap up an engaging interview at a company. You come away feeling that this position would be a...
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Trends in Employee Benefits and Perks: How Important Are They to Your Overall Compensation Package?
August 17, 2019
By Julie Norwell Employee benefits and perks have come a long way since the advent of company cars and casual Fridays....
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Overcoming Barriers to Your Success
May 15, 2019
Most people focus on their career in a reactionary instead of a strategic way. That means that if things go south, it...
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The Legal Industry Is Changing; Your Legal Career Can, Too
March 13, 2019
Being a lawyer can be a life of extremes. After all, what other profession simultaneously ranks on lists of the most...
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Stuck In Your Job? It’s Time to Create a Roadmap for Your Career
February 15, 2019
By Julie Norwell It’s Monday morning. How do you feel about getting out of bed to go to work? With luck, you are...
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Job Market Insights & Trends for 2019
February 7, 2019
THE TIGHT JOB MARKET Why is the 2019 job market tight? It seems that 46% of employers in the U.S. report...
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If It’s a Job Seeker’s Market, Why Can’t I Find a New Job?
January 13, 2019
Job seekers often hear “The unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, the country has seen eight years of job growth and...
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How To Prepare For Interviews
January 5, 2019
By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group In an interview, most job seekers are concerned...
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How To Succeed In Finding A Job
January 4, 2019
The job market is conducive to finding a job. At the time of this blog, the unemployment rate is down. There are more...
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Pretty Soon, Old People Will Have All The Jobs
January 3, 2019
By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group The U.S. workforce isn’t expected to age...
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It’s a Job Seeker’s Market Now, But Is the End In Sight?
December 8, 2018
If you’re a spectator on the sidelines of the of the job market waiting for a good time to jump into the game, now is...
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When a Company Prioritizes Diversity, Everyone Benefits
November 7, 2018
By Julie Norwell Diversity is a hot topic in the news these days. The mid-term elections just ushered in a rainbow of...
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Career Management Tips for Legal Executives
October 30, 2018
By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group Are you a legal executive considering a career...
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Preparing for Your Job Interview
October 17, 2018
MAKE IT A TWO-WAY INTERVIEW The modern-day interview has evolved tremendously from what it used to be. Gone are...
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Becoming a Truly Great Executive Through Personal Leadership
October 16, 2018
by Mark Steinke, Chief Strategy Officer at The Barrett Group To be a great leader, you must first master the art...
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Should I stay or should I go?
October 15, 2018
Respondents to our on-going job satisfaction survey come from many different industries. About 90% of the respondents...
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Salary and Cost of Living Comparison
October 14, 2018
Career changers face many barriers and constraints along the way. Helping you to manage these challenges is what we at...
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Get Going While the Going’s Good
October 13, 2018
If you are familiar with the theory of the sigmoid curve, you know that whenever you start a new job or activity you...
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Career Change Lessons
October 11, 2018
By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group The vast majority (around 80%) of our clients are...
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The Future Of Work Is... Virtual!
October 11, 2018
The Digital Age Is Transforming Work: Here Is How to Get Out in Front of the Changes for the Future A review of...
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What Should Women Know to Get Ahead?
October 10, 2018
By Julie Norwell Between the #MeToo movement and the Kavanaugh confirmation process, the national news is focusing on...
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How Has Job Searching Changed in the Digital Age?
September 13, 2018
The job market is hot! Job openings are at a record high. If ever there was a time to consider changing jobs, now is...
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Where Will the Jobs Be in the Digital Age?
August 7, 2018
By Julie Norwell Technological advances transform the landscape of the global workforce. Developments in robotics and...
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Where Will Your Office Be in the Digital Age?
July 1, 2018
By Julie Norwell Barbara Hockstader is the vice president of Product Strategy at The Energy Project. On a recent July...
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In the Digital Age, Upskilling Is Hot!
June 1, 2018
Like it or not, the digital age is the source of a tsunami of change in our lives. By Julie Norwell Rapid...
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Why Aren’t the Recruiters Calling Me?
May 7, 2018
Executive Recruiters, headhunters, and placement agencies work on the other side of the fence from career management...
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The Elevator Speech: Going Down?
April 2, 2018
It may be too early to write the obituary for the elevator speech. But we have serious doubts about the future of The...
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Turning Tables on Discrimination
March 14, 2018
There are various laws in the workplace both nationally and globally that come into play from a patchwork of...
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Seagulls and the Online Job Market
February 20, 2018
To the casual observer, the modern job search appears more convenient than ever. Three clicks of a mouse. A flurry of...
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When I Read Your Resume…
February 2, 2018
When I Read Your Resume, This is What I See By Waffles Pi Natusch, VP of Client Services & Concierge at The...
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The Tax Act of 2018: What Does It Mean for High-Earning Professionals?
January 24, 2018
In December 2017 Congress passed legislation known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Much has been reported in the media...
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Help Wanted: Must Have Brain, Heart and Courage
December 3, 2017
So we continue to have over 14 million ready-to-work Americans walking the streets. A number equal to the entire...
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The Turnaround Runaround: Consulting for Executives in Transition
November 12, 2017
C-level executives in the New World Order of Business are really long-range temps. They are always in transition....
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Letting Go and Taking Control
October 21, 2017
Does your job search seem to be a series of complex activities and programs? A list of ever-changing to-dos and...
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How to Get There From Here: A Map for Success
September 17, 2017
Let’s take a look at what it takes to achieve business success in general, and how you can apply these attributes to...
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Remember the Mission
August 7, 2017
Professional resume writers will all tell you that perfecting your resume presentation is absolutely crucial to your...
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