By Julie Norwell It’s well known that the Covid-19 pandemic pitched working women under a bus. Industries favored by women saw heavy job losses. Women also shouldered a disproportionate burden of caring for children and elders when the world shut down. Whether women’s careers would ever recover was...

By Julie Norwell If you’re re-entering the job market after significant time away from it, you’ve outgrown the hiring process you once knew. Let’s face it, the last time you were job hunting, you were probably at a lower level in your career. And job seeking is quite different at the executive level...

By Julie Norwell The economic winds are shifting – and they’re bringing changes to the job market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, a sluggish housing market, and a manufacturing slowdown are all curbing growth. Instead of “quiet quitting” and the “Great Resignation,” recent headlines are now...

(And What the Heck is Social Capital?) By Julie Norwell For five years, Lisa managed the operations and facilities of the Kansas City legal office of an international law firm as well as a second office that housed the firm’s entire back-office support. She loved her job but, for family reasons, needed...

By Julie Norwell “HELP WANTED BADLY,” read the sign taped to the entrance of the specialty food shop. “BARISTAS, SANDWICH MAKERS, CHEESEMONGERS, ANYONE WITH A PULSE. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.” It was just one of many job advertisements spotted recently in the downtown doorways of a midsized city in...

By Julie Norwell Cameron Carnegie’s career was derailed when the pandemic devastated the global airline industry. A specialist in aircraft conceptual design, he had been recently hired as senior technical advisor by a French aerospace multinational. It was an executive position, which was new...

By Julie Norwell This year, the philanthropic arm of BBVA, one of the largest financial institutions in the world, honored Mark Granovetter with a coveted, international Frontiers of Knowledge Award. If you don’t know who Mark Granovetter is, you should. Especially if you’re a job seeker.  An American...

By Julie Norwell When Peter Witke found himself unexpectedly cast into the job market at the height of the pandemic, he was worried. Peter was an accomplished international sales executive for a medical supply company. He also had had plenty of experience as a job seeker during his career, but this...

By Julie Norwell After six years working at a non-profit educational research organization in Washington D.C., Elfreda had risen as high as she could. She felt that there was still more that she wanted to do with her career, but she didn’t know how to fully explore her options. So, she hired a coach. “I...

By Julie Norwell When Katherine landed the job of chief population health officer at a large hospital health system, she was elated. The chief population health officer (CPHO) is the fastest growing C-suite position in the healthcare industry, as health care organizations nationwide strive to put...