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General Articles

Jet-lagged and Culture-Shocked: Back to work!

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 …

Re-Inventing Your Career: Where Does One Start?

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.…

Relaxed or Desperate: Which Describes You?

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…

The Smallest Companies are the Biggest Employers

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…

Denver Post Article on Colorado Salaries and Job Security

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Colorado workers face stagnant pay, job insecurity By Aldo Svaldi The Denver Post // 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; …

Stalking the Stimulus

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Relevant article in the July 2009 edition of CoBiz Magazine... http://www.cobizmag.com/articles/stalking-the-stimulus/…

Recent press on CAREER-magic.com & the Caffeinated Careers Club

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…

An Upside to the Recession? My thoughts exactly…

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…

Job Search Wisdom – Can You Stop Worrying Please?

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…

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