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Kindness and Respect: Two Keys to the Counselor’s Role
Beneficence, actively doing good, is a primary responsibility of career services professionals, according the NCDA Code of Ethics, and...
Sep 18, 20172 min read


Metaphorically Speaking: Using Language Tools to Convey Career-life Meaning
Does your client walk away from your sessions nonplussed? Do the vets you assist realize your compliment of “passing with flying colors”...
Aug 21, 20173 min read


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...
Jun 22, 20172 min read


The Job Search Jungle: The Rough and Wild Side of the Job Search
While I like to put humor into every situation, sometimes it is difficult to achieve laughter when talking about rough job searches....
May 15, 20172 min read


New Growth in Spring: Time for Professional Development
Being noncommittal to your professional development is like walking a tight rope across two tall buildings – once you fall off, it is...
Apr 17, 20172 min read


Execute is One Key for the Executive: The Optimal Package is The Goal
Creating and maintaining an effective strategy for an executive career is more work than most people can envisage. Networking, branding,...
Mar 20, 20172 min read


Staying Upbeat: Be Courageous, Dream On, Get Inspired
The winter months take their tolls on the psyche. Staying positive is important year round, and can require redoubled efforts when the...
Feb 20, 20172 min read


Being the First: Who or What is First in the Work Life?
Being the first, means you are a leader – you are key, cardinal, head, or premier. As a career practitioner, you lead your clients into...
Jan 16, 20173 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20162 min read


Work As Identity: The Job is but one Story in Life
Discerning work’s meaning to the individual is like trying on masks at a costume shop. Quite often more than one is picked up, placed on...
Nov 21, 20162 min read


Technology Techniques: Apps & URLs & Social Media – Oh My!
If you think back to the days when all this technology at our finger tips did not exist (or are you too young to recall that), you may...
Oct 17, 20162 min read


Intergenerational Teams: Achieving Goals ~ Working with Differences
Stereotypes. You try to ignore them and they pop up again. They work for you, especially when faced with a team of players that you do...
Sep 19, 20162 min read
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