I’m not sure if you suffer in the same way that I do, but my working memory is eroding. I can blame some of it on the recent chemotherapy that I had to undergo for ovarian cancer (thankfully done with that!). I can also point to my recent milestone of my 50th birthday. Perhaps this [read more]

This is the third and final part in the 3-part series of addressing various job search networking challenges. See Part 1 (networking challenge 1-2-3) and Part 2 (addresses networking challenges 4-5-6-). Today’s blog post will address the final challenges 7-8-9. Background. These challenges and solutions came out of a keynote presentation I gave to the [read more]

This is the 2nd in a 3-part series of addressing various job search networking challenges. See Part 1 that was issued last week (networking challenge 1-2-3) These challenges and solutions came out of a keynote presentation I gave to the JETS/Schmoozers job group in West Hartford, Connecticut.  I hope they are useful and instructive to [read more]

This past September I was the guest speaker at the JETS Schmoozers job group in West Hartford, Connecticut. This is one of my favorite job networking groups to speak at because the people are so spirited and their leader Judy Rosenthal is one of my dearest networking friends. At this event, I shared 20 of [read more]

Last week I wrote about informational interviewing and included some wisdom from Chris Harvey. Chris is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. She recently landed an exciting new job in the “civilian sector” with Aircraft as a project manager. Chris was in the active job search process for 5-6 months after she retired, [read more]

Last week I wrote about a Fortune Magazine article that I read entitled Reinvent Your Career. I encouraged you to begin the exploration and conversation about what else you could be doing with your work experience, knowledge, skills and passions, other than your current occupation. We all need to approach career management with much more [read more]

The July 4th issue of Fortune Magazine features a cover story entitled “Pulling Off the Ultimate Career Makeover” by Douglas Alden Warshaw. The article has some sobering statistics about the job market and recent recession. These two stats caught my eye: “Job creation is at its lowest point since 1980, while job destruction continues to [read more]

Networking is the business equivalent to drinking plenty of clean, fresh water. Your body (and your business) needs it and if it doesn’t get enough of it, you become dehydrated. Then all hell breaks loose. According to Dr. Brian Clement, director of the Hippocrates Health Institute and author of Living Foods for Optimum Health, sixty [read more]

Last week I received this exasperated email from a networking friend of mine who happens to be an inside recruiter for a large insurance company. She clearly needed to release some frustration and chose a safe place to do it…with me, her friend. With her permission, I have masked the names and am sharing her [read more]