Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Recently a client of mine abruptly returned to a 40-hour a week job after more than a year of unemployment. He related his surprise at how he felt returning the 9-to-5 in a busy workplace, even having had many years of such experience. The words culture shock and jet lag came to mind - after being …
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
by Katie Smith
With so many on the job market re-evaluating their careers and directions of their life I would like to define steps that help in clarifying where one would start in looking to work in a new industry and position.
First step I like to make my clients aware of is Acknowledgement.…
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
By Katie Smith
When people generally think of job search we tend to think about things we should be doing. I would like to direct your attention inside and begin to observe how you are BEING in your life. Granted there are always things we need to DO to create our next position, but the way we ar…
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
It has long been my observation that those job seekers who are unemployed the longest and have the highest levels of frustration frequently focus almost exclusively on very large companies.
Very large employers are harder to get into because they attract so much candidate attention, they are fo…
Sunday, September 6th, 2009
Colorado workers face stagnant pay, job insecurity
By Aldo Svaldi
The Denver Post
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Relevant article in the July 2009 edition of CoBiz Magazine...
http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/stalking-the-stimulus/…
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Courtesy of the Arvada Press. Click here to read the article in its entirety:
http://www.milehighnews.com/Articles-i-2009-05-28-210870.114125_Making_the_connection.html#123…
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
An esteemed colleague of mine, Carol Ross, writes a brilliant blog, often putting lucid words around the topics that I find myself pondering (though with less clarity). Her most recent, The Upside to a Recession, is about "realistic optimism" --an oxymoron better known as the silver lining…
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Are you a worrier? Would you like to stop?
The reason we worry is that we have a situation in front of us and we are scared that it won't work out. We are afraid that we will make the wrong decision (again), fail, or look bad in front of others. This fear keeps us from seeing a way out.
In addit…