Imagine how you would feel if you scheduled a trip to Italy, spent a lot of time planning the trip, got on your plane to fly there and finally landed in... Holland?

That feeling of disorientation is what many people in the workforce are experiencing these days. They planned...

Carolyn, a woman who attended one of our seminars, had a problem -- she had so many goals she didn't know where to start. She felt good that she had lots of interests, but also felt like a bit of a slacker because she couldn't get started. Carolyn didn't know...

Would you answer your cell phone during a job interview? For a business professional, this isn't even a question. But imagine our astonishment when an otherwise presentable and talented young man began an interview with us by casually plopping his cell phone on the conference table. We kept glancing at...

You've interviewed with a few people for a job you really want. Everyone's been great until this individual. This person is asking questions to "trip you up," isn't smiling and is enjoying the fact that you are on the "hot seat." This interviewer is hostile to you for some reason....

So many people have that "end goal" in mind. They know what their ultimate career goal is -- be it General Manager, CEO or business owner. As definitive as they are in that goal they are equally unspecific on how they're going to get there. Some people believe that just...

You've been plugging away doing a great job and getting terrific results which have been acknowledged by senior management. Out of the blue comes a new boss who wants to do a re-org. Your new boss wants to make an immediate impact and has told you your job may look...

This recession has been a killer -- in fact, it killed your small business. After years of being your own boss, now you've got to pitch yourself as a "company person" -- someone who can thrive in corporate America.

It wasn't easy, but you got over the emotional hurdle...

It's no secret you need to get creative if you want to find a job in this market. You've probably done the standards: the networking thing, informational interviews and job sites. But what more can you do to stand out?

Lots of people are using social media to get...

You're out of work and want to get back as quickly as possible and are willing to be as aggressive as need be. You've heard this a million times, "Make looking for a job, your full-time job". The question is how?

You've got a goal, now here's a...

You've been itching to leave your job for a while now and nothing exciting has cropped up in your current company. A recruiter calls with a great opportunity. In the past you would have jumped at this. But this time, there's a nagging voice that's telling you "You can't leave...

It's all over the news and all around the water cooler -more layoffs, layoffs, layoffs. Fortunately, your job seems to be safe - for the moment - but you worry that you might be next. What an uneasy feeling that is. Of course, if it's a mass layoff, then there's...

Whew! The good news is that you just survived the most recent round of layoffs. The bad news is that your job just got bigger. Your title hasn't changed and there's no raise in sight, just more work for you to do, since there are fewer employees. How do you...

It's a New Year, new president, you've made new resolutions -- but you still have the same old job.

In this market you're happy you have a job, but ugh, it feels stale. You wish you had that "new job" feeling you had when you first started.

Here's...

Since we're recruiters this might seem self-serving (and it is), but it's still beneficial to job hunters. There is an art to working with recruiters and we know first hand what works and what doesn't. It's smart to learn how to maximize your relationship with recruiters so they'll want...

Whether they're arrogant, talkative, pushy, time-sucks, whiners, or over-all annoying, if they're your co-workers, you have to deal with them. As tempting as it would be to go "postal," the reality is you need to have a positive relationship with them in order to be effective in your job. Sure,...

It's no secret that a lot of people are unhappy in their jobs. Given all the hours spent at work, wouldn't it be better to do something you enjoy rather than stay in a job where you're bored or unhappy? "Yes, but I need to pay my mortgage and this...

The good news is that you're probably on Facebook and most definitely on LinkedIn. The bad news is that you haven't reached out to your network in a while. Now really, what's the point in having a network if you rarely connect with the people in it?

Whether you saw it coming or not, it's still a gut-wrenching experience to get laid off, canned, downsized, kicked to the curb, fired, terminated. You can couch it in any language you want, but you're out of a job. True, it's not 1999 anymore, but it's not 1929 either. There...

It's probably in the bottom of your in-box and definitely in the back of your mind. There's at least one project lurking out there that you've been putting off. But it's 4:00PM on Friday and you'll just worry about it next week. Problem is, you'll probably worry about it during...

Everything was going great, your career was rolling along and then the announcement came down from the executive suite that your co-worker, not you, got the much coveted promotion. Darn! And you were friends too, so this feels even more awkward. As Lincoln said, "The better angels of our nature"...