Skip to content
Home » careercoaching » Page 3

careercoaching

Top Five Ways Volunteering Can Benefit Your Job Search

Volunteering may be the last thing you want or feel like doing while you are looking for a job. You might feel like volunteering would take away from the time should be placing in your job search activities. Make it a choice, and you will likely find that it is the best addition to your job search strategy. Volunteering should complement not replace your job search activities. Commit to an activity 2-4 hours a week with one nonprofit organization in addition to participating in one-day… Read More »Top Five Ways Volunteering Can Benefit Your Job Search

5 Simple Steps to Develop a Relevant Resume

Your resume is the holy grail of relevance. It is often the first step in showing that you are the right fit for a job. I found it fascinating to learn that the Latin root of relevant is relevare which means “to lessen, lighten” or “to help, assist, comfort, console”. Your resume then becomes an important tool in presenting to the employer or recruiter that you are their best shot at relieving their discomfort. It may feel daunting to have to achieve all that in no… Read More »5 Simple Steps to Develop a Relevant Resume

Designing Your Future of Work

“We have ability to exploit opposing ideas and opposing constraints to create new solutions. When your pathway seems most narrow, you can invent a new way forward, even when making individual decisions.” Jim Brown, Executive Chair and Former CEO, TEDGlobal talk, “Designers — Think Big!” For more information on how to Design Think Your Career, check out my blog post or connect with me on LinkedIn or email me.

Designing a Cover Letter that Differentiates You

The value of the cover letter has been altogether over-analyzed to the point of sheer confusion. When the cover letter is required in the application process, you may be left wondering what you should include in it to set yourself apart. If it is not required, you might question whether to include one anyway. The madness of it all! It the employer does not explicitly say not to include a cover letter, I suggest including it. Of course, there is no guarantee they will actually… Read More »Designing a Cover Letter that Differentiates You

Transitioning Back to a Career You Loved

Marketing Yourself to a Position you Held Many Years Ago One thing that COVID has done is compel people to re-examine their lives and their priorities. Perhaps this personal introspection is a hidden benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within that space, many have decided to explore new career paths to better align with their values and goals. As Albert Einstein said, “In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity”. As my clients explore a new, and hopefully last, career chapter in their lives, I am… Read More »Transitioning Back to a Career You Loved

Design Think Your Career

Using the Design Thinking Framework to Explore Career Pathways “The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25 percent more workers than previously estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.” The future of work after COVID-19, McKinsey Global Institute, February 18, 2021 “Rather than view this as a crisis of capitalism, it might better be understood as the sort of world-making event that allows for new economic and intellectual beginnings.” The last global crisis didn’t change the world. But this… Read More »Design Think Your Career