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Change Happens: Aim for a Blend of Introspect, Retrospect and Prospect
Some people prefer to perceive change with their own eyes, ears or other senses. Yet other people prefer to follow their intuition or gut...
Jun 20, 20162 min read


Overcoming Bad Career Moves: Forward Focus From Now On
Just because you have made one (three? sixty?) bad career moves, doesn’t mean you need to continue that pattern. Unless you have ossified...
Apr 18, 20162 min read


Working for a Purpose: Strive to Banish Meaningless Activities
Watching a four-year old play, with an educator’s eyes, it is fascinating to see the movements of the body and imagine the activity in...
Nov 16, 20152 min read


Cultural Fit: Fitting In At Work Takes Work
The number of writings on cultural fit seems to evince the value of the concept of “fit” in the world of work. But what exactly is that...
Jul 20, 20152 min read


Friendships and Work: To be or not to be is a career-related question.
How many career development plans have you seen that include such goals as “Aims to make new friends at work” or “Desires more...
Jun 15, 20152 min read


Graduates and the Job Market: Helping them Heigh-Ho Off to Work
Looking at oneself in the mirror the day before graduating and the day after, the average person will not see a difference. But looking...
May 18, 20152 min read


Engagement and Disengagement
Mental energy, like a muscle, requires specific developmental regimes. You cannot lift 300 pound weights for eight hours a day and expect...
Feb 16, 20152 min read


Best & Worst of 2014
When your mission is to provide “quality career services informed by theory and researched best practices,” it is incumbent to take the...
Dec 15, 20142 min read


APPS and the Career Counselor
Options for managing one’s career continue to grow in correlation to technology. If a client is not keeping up, will you, the counselor,...
May 19, 20142 min read


Women in the Workforce
Women are more than half the population and generally represent an even greater percentage of our clients. It is important that we are...
Aug 19, 20133 min read
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