Episodes

When opportunities to advance your career present themselves, you know you need to capitalize on them. Sometimes, you do, and sometimes you walk away wondering what you just said. On this episode of the Career Confidante, car...

In a crowded labor market, thought leadership offers job seekers the opportunity to stand out from the crowd and gain visibility that can translate into interviews and opportunities. By taking the time to share original conte...

Most professionals today are doing more than one job – building portfolio or hybrid careers to improve their earning potential, develop skills they enjoy using, or work toward the new definition of retirement. In most cases, ...

The modern job search is tailor-made to be depressing and stressful for candidates. If you’ve been in the job search for several months without positive results, it feels like a very personal rejection by a faceless entity. O...

Do you know the four unwritten rules of the highly successful job search? If you are struggling to get calls for the positions you really want or not getting responses from hiring managers you connect with on LinkedIn, you ne...

You have a job that you love … great! But that doesn’t mean you get to rest on your laurels. In today’s fast-paced world, if you are not improving, you are falling behind. And, if history has taught us anything, it is that yo...

Research shows that people leave managers, not companies. In today’s war for talent, managers who are consistently losing their best people will have a hard time advancing their careers. What makes a good manager good? First,...

Research shows that you have less than 5 seconds to make a good first impression. If you are interviewing for a new position or networking for career advancement, being able to calm your nerves and represent yourself well fro...

Smart marketers know that our brains are wired to ignore the mundane and expected. They also know that if you want to stand out in a mass of mediocrity, you need to make an emotional connection with your audience. You won’t w...

Would you be ready if a career advancement opportunity came your way today? What would you say in an interview if you were called tomorrow and asked to interview for a position, whether external or to advance within your comp...

Many folks find it challenging to “toot their own horn,” and may even have difficulty knowing what it is that truly distinguishes them in their respective lines of work – otherwise known as their “personal brand.” Knowing how...

Summer is full of opportunities to network and advance your career as the job fair and professional association activity kicks into full swing. Whether you are job seeking, thinking about making a career move, or looking to m...

If you work hard, pay your dues, and keep your nose clean, you can get anything you want in your career, right? Why then, do many professionals find their career in a stall pattern? In this episode of The Career Confidante, h...

As you conduct your job search, have you noticed that there are times when you stumble over your words or can't come up with a good answer? Do you ever find yourself avoiding certain job search activities because they feel to...

We hear the data all the time about how many professionals, more than 60 percent across the globe, are unhappy at work.