In 1987 a college senior learned an early and important lesson about converting a job search setback and career challenge to his advantage. While interviewing with what were then the Big Eight accounting firms, Russ Charlton was frustrated that his interview performance did not yield a single job...

The future is still very uncertain, but even in the best of times great careers don’t happen by accident – to advance your career, a successful career is a journey that requires work and consistent management. By Julie Norwell Workers can take heart from the economic outlook for 2021, which keeps...

A global pandemic and an uncertain economy may seem like a strange time to consider a job change, but for some people it is, apparently, the perfect moment. By Julie Norwell According to a recent report, two-thirds of the North American workforce is looking for new job opportunities or would be open...

Here are three reasons to be optimistic about work in 2021 and 6 interesting workplace trends to inform your job search By Julie Norwell Many might argue that the greatest thing to look forward to in 2021 is the end of 2020. Between record-breaking Australian bushfires, a rampaging pandemic with over...

In her 2018 memoir, Becoming, former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama opens with a reflection. She remembers when she was a little girl, adults would ask her what she wanted to be when she grew up. “Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child – as if growing up is finite....

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 him for a lifetime.” This maxim offers a great career lesson to people who are trying to navigate the demands of the modern executive job market because it’s no longer prudent to leave...

Most people considering a career change know that LinkedIn is THE place to start a job search. But few fully understand the richness of the tool and maximize LinkedIn. Sure, they are “on” LinkedIn, they re-create their resume on their profile page, they create a job search, they add suggested contacts...

When the pandemic hit in March, most people got a crash course in using online conferencing technology whether they wanted it or not. With no end to the health crisis in sight, it’s clear that using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans, Google Meet, and many other video conferencing platforms will be...

Why is it that so many of us become dissatisfied in mid-career and begin to question why it is that we are doing the job that what we are doing? Sure, maybe it’s because you have been on the wrong career path all along. It’s more likely, however, that the original reasons you had for choosing your...

Corporate America has a long way to go to achieve true diversity, especially at the executive level. Change has come at a snail’s pace for decades. But then the Black Lives Matter protests happened. BLM protests successfully put the issue of racism and racial prejudice front and center in the national...