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Sep 16, 2019
2 min

The Gig Economy: Still Learning What a Gig Really Is

Employment status, contractor title, legislation, and more terms need to be (re)learned in order to understand the gig economy. Previousl...

Apr 16, 2019
2 min

School’s NOT Out: Be a Lifelong Learner!

Geography. It is my weak subject. (You remember those blue pie pieces on the Trivial Pursuit board – well, I was usually missing those!) ...

Mar 19, 2019
2 min

Sustainability: Treat Yourself Well

The definition of sustainability is the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed (dictionary.com). There is no ego is sus...

Jan 22, 2019
2 min

Project Management and Careers: Working Skillfully, Timely and Ethically

Officially, project manager is a job title that comes with a certain set of skills, certifications, and employment. Off the record, every...

Feb 20, 2018
3 min

Counselor Competencies: Developing and Maintaining Counseling Proficiencies

Staying on top of your game is probably a more sports-minded way of saying “remain competent.” Just as athletes must consistently practic...

Jan 16, 2018
3 min

Supervision: Too Much or Too Little Won’t Go a Long Way

Long ago, I was a college student and psychology club president. While not exactly a supervisor, I learned a lesson that I took to my fut...

Jun 23, 2017
2 min

Corporate Culture: Understanding Leads to Collaboration

My company focuses on providing quality career services. We offer employees flexible work options and we do not house everyone in a physi...

Dec 20, 2016
2 min

Outside the Box: Using Resources Beyond Your Desk

Despite sounding ordinary, in and out are very powerful prepositions. Someone may be “out of a job”, or “in a career search mode.” We are...

Aug 16, 2016
3 min

Performance: Examining Optimal Levels of Productivity as an Organization, Employee or Job Seeker

Dictionary.com offers eight different meanings of the noun performance and 19 synonyms were listed on thesaurus.com. Both include the wor...

Jun 21, 2016
2 min

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...

Apr 19, 2016
2 min

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...

Nov 17, 2015
2 min

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 th...

Jul 21, 2015
2 min

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 v...

Jun 16, 2015
2 min

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 extroverte...

May 19, 2015
2 min

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 d...

Feb 17, 2015
2 min

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...

Dec 16, 2014
2 min

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 t...

May 20, 2014
2 min

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,...

Aug 20, 2013
3 min

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 a...

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