Summer in my home state of Minnesota is almost comical for job search counselors. We brace ourselves for spotty attendance in workshops, last minute cancellations of appointments and all kinds of "dog-ate-my-homework" excuses for slowed-down job searches. The culprit, of course, is the summer weather. When you live under a blanket of snow for half […]
Well, here’s a depressing thought: If you’re depressed and taking medication for that, it could affect your job search. With luck, the effect will be positive, as in: I feel so much more able to handle this process now that my depression is being treated. But, as everyone knows, medications can sometimes go awry, leading […]
Are you the go-to-work-and-get-your-job-done type? If you’re inclined to keep your head down until lunch, then eat at your desk and return to your duties, I’m advising a reform in your habits. These days you simply cannot afford to "stick to your knitting" as they used to say, lest someone decides that knitting is no […]
If your elderly parents are ailing, then you know there is almost nothing as logistically challenging as managing their household while also running your own. Unless, that is, you add distance to the equation – and a job search for yourself. Job seekers with eldercare responsibilities face a number of difficult challenges. For most, it’s […]
Maybe it’s a function of getting older and wiser, or maybe I’m just less interested in monkeying around these days, but I’m finding that being direct with people is better than beating around the bush. When someone invites me to dinner at a place I can’t stand I no longer offer excuses about my heavy […]
It’s that time of year again – graduation. Now is the time for families and seniors to pile into auditoriums to hear speeches about finding passion and pursuing vocational nirvana. Which means it’s time for me to stand up like the curmudgeon I’ve become and declare: Passion Smassion! Forget the passion and just get on […]
Second semester is nearly finished and college students who hadn’t been panicked before about summer employment are feeling the pressure now. Parents are asking, counselors are asking, friends are asking…everyone seems to be focused on one thing when greeting the college students in their circle: Have you got your summer job yet? The thing is, […]
I know winter’s been gone for weeks in other parts of the country, but in my home state of Minnesota we still have pockets of snow on the ground. In fact, not far from my house, we have a three-story mountain of the stuff taking over the Sears parking lot, which desperate public works employees […]
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