When you stop and consider how important your salary is – how much it pays for, the lifestyle it enables, the activities and resources it funds – it’s imperative to check in periodically to evaluate how likely it is to continue to do so for the next year. I call this process an annual career […]
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December 20, 2018 by
This is the last post in my three-part series intended to help you secure the best salary you can when starting work with a new employer. In the first post in this series, I outlined a process for how to come up with your desired salary range. The second post explained how to communicate that […]
December 20, 2018 by
I have two great resources for you today. The first is a video on expat mental health that is well worth looking at if you are working abroad, will be doing so in 2019, or would like to do so. Did you know that expats are 2.5 times more likely to experience anxiety or depression […]
December 13, 2018 by
In my last post—the first in this three-post series about negotiating the right salary for you—I wrote about how to determine the salary range you should be aiming for. In that post, I explained how to figure out your must-have salary range, your want-to-have salary range, and your negotiations salary range. I also included some […]
December 10, 2018 by
With the peak hiring period in the U.S. economy just a few weeks away (mid- to late-January), it’s time to start preparing your career communications portfolio if you plan to launch a job search in the first quarter of the New Year. Since the holiday season is often a financially stressed time of year for […]
November 28, 2018 by
Almost everyone I work with in my role as a Career Coach is unsure about how to handle the tricky topic of salary in a job interview. What do you say when an employer asks about your salary expectations? How do you negotiate the best deal? How do you begin to know what to ask […]
November 19, 2018 by
As the New Year approaches, I find that, for many professionals, this transition reminds them that they don’t want to spend another year doing the same thing they’re doing now. They’re ready for a career change, whether it’s a transition to a new employer in a new role or a redirection of their career path. […]
October 29, 2018 by
This is the final post in a three-part series about how job seekers can better achieve their career goals via face-to-face networking. You can read the first post, The Top 4 Ways to Prepare for Face-to-Face Networking Events, here and second post, The Top 5 Ways to Maximize Your Success at Face-to-Face Networking Events here. […]
October 22, 2018 by
This is the second post in a three-part series about how job seekers can network more effectively in face-to-face situations to help meet their career management goals. In the first post, I shared tips to help job seekers prepare for networking events. That article included advice about setting networking goals, the different tools you should […]
October 15, 2018 by
While I have written extensively on LinkedIn networking in articles like, So, You Have a Great Connection in a Target Company, Now What?, in this three-part series I want to focus on ways you can be successful in your face-to-face networking ~ a type of networking that is sometimes overlooked or avoided by many job […]