Baby Boomer Women: How to Transition Through Life's Changes

Featured Article & Career Coach: Marcia Merrill, CCMC, JCTC
Marcia's Article: "Baby Boomer Women: How to Transition Through Life's Changes"

Navigating transitions in later life can be confusing, overwhelming and frightening. Read this article to learn more about the process of transition, turning confused into calm, muddle into momentum and scared into success.

This is a time in your life when major changes are taking place and your life is adjusting as a result. Changes may be related to the relationships in your life, to your surroundings, to your work life, or to your health - physical, mental and emotional.

Some common life changes that lead you into a time of transition are separation from a life partner through divorce or death, relocation, a change in your job or new health issues. Changes happen in our life both as the result of choice and as the result of circumstance. Sometimes you're in charge of making the change (e.g. leaving your job to start your own business) and sometimes the change happens to you (e.g. being downsized or fired from your job). [read more]

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Top Ten Pet Peeves of a Career Coach

Featured Article & Career Coach: Meg Montford, MCCC
Meg's Article: "Top Ten Pet Peeves of a Career Coach"

Working in the careers industry I hear many stories of what "turns off" a hiring authority. Here are some of their top pet peeves along with some my own. A career coach can support a client in modifying these behaviors to enhance opportunities for getting and keeping a job. My comments following each pet peeve.

1. Conducting over 5% of a job search in front of a computer - time waster!
2. Answering machine with a child's voice giving instructions - not cute!
3. Message left with a garbled / racing / undistinguishable phone number - delete! [read more]

Food for Thought: When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep. —Ursula K. Leguin

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Seven Strategies for Reducing Stress During a Job Search

Featured Article & Career Coach: Barbara Safani, CCM
Barbara's Article: "Seven Strategies for Reducing Stress During a Job Search"

Job loss ranks high on the list of most stressful situations. Many report going through a grieving process, similar to the stages people go through after the death of a loved one. Shock, denial, anger, and depression are all common reactions to the loss of a job. These emotions are important and you should acknowledge them. Unfortunately, some people become stuck in one of these stages and this is detrimental to a successful job search campaign. [read more]

Food for Thought: Failure is the opportunity to try again, this time with intelligence. ——Henry Ford

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Maximizing a Salary Offer

Featured Article & Career Coach: Meg Montford, MCCC
Meg's Article: "Maximizing a Salary Offer"

It's a proven fact: To return to work following a layoff, you may have to accept a lower salary than the one you enjoyed in your previous position. However, there are a few strategies to employ to try to boost your financial point of entry

-Take some time to consider any salary offer. Ask for at least 24 to 48 hours. Silence is golden - or it can become so when you let it "hang" there awhile following an initial offer. Don't rush to fill the quiet void.

- Weigh any offer against the company's expectations of you in the position rather than your personal needs. The company has put itself on the line with its offer. Rest assured they have a cap, but you may have some wiggle room based upon how much value the company perceives you can bring them. [read more]

Food for Thought: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do. —Helen Keller

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