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As I write this post, the Today Show is airing a piece on having it all, based on the Shriver Report on the subject. Balancing work and family is something we need to talk more about as a nation, so I’m looking forward to the conversation. But I have to say this: I never wanted …

I’ve been thinking about what I want this blog to be this year. Last year, I used it to track my thoughts and resources on career transition. I love finding the best resources for my clients, and blogging is a good way to force myself to be more structured with my reading. But this year …

At the end of the year, we naturally reflect on our lives, which is a wonderful impulse, but when the sun goes down so early and stress levels are high, it can be tough to think clearly. A few tips: Don’t do it alone. Reflection can be a conversation. Talk it out with your spouse, …

I love my job, I really do. But sometimes the eye wanders, you know? Here are some jobs I’d apply to this week if I weren’t a career coach: I’ve always wanted to try being a window dresser, especially at this time of year… Never wanted to be in marketing, but I think I could …

Sometimes I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle against graduate school marketing departments. The brochures, the photos of smiling grads tossing things, people in suits going off to work that they’ve secured because of their amazing degrees. But graduate degrees are expensive, especially if you aren’t sure what you want to do. And it …

This is the time of year when career coaches list gifts for job seekers, things like nice pen sets for the interview, a Metro card for heading to interviews, or even one month’s payment of their electric bill. It’s a nice gesture, but sometimes I think it’s like getting someone on a diet rice cakes …

It’s Thanksgiving week already. Hopefully you have time to sit down with a good movie after the tryptophan kicks in. If you do, here are a few of my favorite movies for career inspiration. Pirates of the Caribbean, the first one. It’s all about the point where the British stop calling him the worst pirate …

Career reading doesn’t always have to be nonfiction. Settle back with some good literary fiction to improve your career, because research shows you’ll do better on interviews with a little Alice Munro. Loved this piece about which novel to read before your interview! Know your Myers-Briggs type? Match yourself to the lead character in literature with this …

So you’re sitting at your desk, wondering if this is all there is. You’ve been at your job for a few years and it’s lost its novelty. Or you thought you were majoring in the right subject, but now you’re not so sure. Sometimes we treat passion for our work as a resource that slowly …