If you're on the hunt for six figure jobs, you know that they don't usually fall from the sky like snowflakes. They're hard to come by, and when you do get a lead on one, they can be difficult to land. The competition is stiff. But if you want to land a job like that, you have to freeze out the competition, so that you're seen as the clear choice by the employer.  If you're the clear enough choice, employers  and recruiters will come to you, knowing that you're the talent they must … [Read more...]

If you're over 40, you might be feeling the effects of ageism in your job search - that sense that you're not getting hired because you're a bit older. You might see that jobs are going to younger, cheaper hires, and you keep getting left out in the cold on interview after interview. But it doesn't have to work that way! Of course, there are always going to be people and companies that have ageist practices. Those are companies you don't want to work for anyway. Trust me. But then there are … [Read more...]

Workplace culture has been described as the personality of your workplace. It's the feeling you get when you're working there: the attitudes, the accepted behaviors and norms, the values. Workplace cultures can be vastly different. One might support brainstorming, asking questions, and innovation, while another might bring shame upon the person who doesn't know an answer. But culture, maybe more than any other factor, can be the make or break of whether you like your job. I've heard of … [Read more...]

Do you try to do some career decision making, and find you'd rather be plucking your eyelashes out one by one? It's excruciatingly painful. But career decision making doesn't have to be so hard. The problem is that when we sit down to make career decisions, especially the decision about what to do next in our career when we don't like what we're doing right now, we over complicate things. I'll show you what I mean.   The Way Most People Do Career Decision Making The way … [Read more...]

You're pretty sure it's time for a career move. The signs are all there. You're bored. You're frustrated. You're not being used to your potential. You dread every day before going to work, and it's starting to impact your health. You're pretty sure it's not just your job. It's your entire career. You want to do something different. Maybe in a small way, maybe in a big way. Something where you can get the creative juices flowing again, make a difference, do something in the world, and see … [Read more...]