A high school senior and a strong student, Elizabeth had already been accepted to a prestigious university. Her father was a lawyer, making pre-law seem like an obvious and natural career path. However, she was having doubts about whether or[...]
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After an enjoyable career that spanned eighteen years in a Career Services program at a large university, I retired and started a private practice in career counseling and coaching. This work has allowed me to come full circle in enjoying[...]
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All too often, people grow up forgetting their true talents and conforming to others’ expectations. Can you remember the last time you did something purely for the sake of the joy it brought you? Not because someone else told you[...]
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When you were a child, people would ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up. Now that you are an adult, have you stopped to imagine what you want your career to look like in 5 years?[...]
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We get checkups for our health, our cars, and our appliances, why not also for our career? After all, a career is more than just the work you do—it’s the way you blend your strengths, passions, values, and interests into[...]
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Your success stories are the times throughout your life when you rose to face the demands of a specific life challenge. By calling on your resources, both external and internal, you developed a process to move towards a solution for[...]
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“I got laid off recently and I need to find another job quickly; we can’t survive on my wife’s income alone. I’ve applied for several jobs but deep down inside, I hope they don’t respond; I can’t picture myself being[...]
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I work with young adults between the ages of 22 and 35 that second-guess their career decisions. Typically, people in this demographic spend 4.5 to 6 years in college and amass significant debt to fund their education. When they graduate[...]
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Don considers himself lucky. At 57 years old, he works for a data management company. Throughout the 15 years he’s been with the company, he has been promoted three times and now serves in upper management. This is actually Don’s[...]
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