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Savvy Professional Career Wisdom by Caroline Dowd-Higgins
This is Not the Career I Ordered is read by thousands of careerists around the globe. With savvy tools, inspiration, and resources, this timeless book empowers you to enjoy your career, and love your life!
Honor the Introverts and Give Them Space to Be Heard
There is a cultural bias in the United States that favors gregarious extraverts in the world-of-work. They speak up, think quickly on their feet, and rarely hesitate to share their point of view when interacting with colleagues and stakeholders. The perception of extraverts is not always based on the content, or the quality of the […]
Prioritize Mental Health in Your Life and Career
May is mental health awareness month and it’s time to pause and reflect about how you are honoring your mental fitness needs at work and at home. The U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. released a report providing a framework for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing. The report is a call to action to lift the […]
Top Talent’s 2016 Career Question: Should I Stay, or Should I Go?
The world of work is changing fast with unemployment on the decline and the Talent Wars in full swing. The major skills gap is still a reality and the buyer’s market is highly competitive for qualified candidates. The Millennial Generation talent pool will comprise 50% of the workforce in 2020 but their values don’t focus […]
How to Get a Raise in 2016
The US Labor market is picking up speed and your promote-ability could follow suit. While asking for a raise may be something you look forward to as much as a root canal, being well prepared will help reduce your anxiety and up your chances of getting a promotion. Remember, you’ll never get it of you […]
Career Inspiration: 4 Books To Help You Chart Your Course in 2016
It’s a brand new year, and with it comes a fresh start and new or renewed goals. If 2016 is the year you’re looking to reinvigorate your career, whether that means making a change or growing where you are – here are four books that can help: This Is Not The Career I Ordered. I […]
Give Yourself A Gift This Season: 5 Tips For Self-Care During the Holidays
At this time of year, chances are, you’re doing things for everyone but yourself – tracking down those special gloves for your aunt… snapping the family picture so you have a prayer of getting cards out before New Year’s… online shopping for all the kids in your life. You’re cooking…baking… stuffing… wrapping…while, at the same […]
The Benefits of Becoming a Pharmacy Technician
With the New Year approaching, I am featuring blogs about career opportunities that are on the grow. As the population ages, careers in allied health are more in demand than ever. A career as a pharmacy technician is one of the many options available to you. Not only is it an interesting field to explore, […]
15 Leadership Lessons to Invigorate Your Career
As the year draws to a close, I am reminded of the great leadership lessons I have learned from colleagues, mentors, sponsors, coaches, and a myriad of incredible people I’ve encountered on my professional journey. May these words of wisdom give you the courage and fortitude to chart your unique path with confidence so you […]
Office Holiday Party Etiquette: Do’s and Taboos
It’s been a great year, you’ve worked really hard, and your company has brought back the holiday party to reward the team for a job well done. Before you pop the champagne be mindful that your behavior at the holiday bash will impact your professional reputation come Monday morning and beyond. Here are some tips […]
How To Fascinate Knowing Your Advantages
These days, advertisers have a whopping five to eight seconds to fascinate and entice a consumer to make a purchase, according to an INC. article on marketing trends, and Sally Hogshead, author, speaker and founder of Fascinate, Inc., says it’s no different when it comes to you and how you impress an interviewer, new client […]
Make This The Season for Gratitude and Giving in Your Career
Hollywood has depicted the stress of the holidays with iconic movies that make us laugh (or cry!) because of the relatability of the zany characters and dysfunctional scenarios in life and career. I encourage you to start this festive season with a different mindset so you don’t get caught running on the hamster wheel of […]
Finding Your Center: 7 Everyday Ways To Meditate
Do you have a case of the “should’s” when it comes to meditation? Many of the women I talk to in my coaching practice and on the road during speaking engagements certainly do. They feel they should be meditating, and believe that the only way to do it is to sit cross-legged on a mat […]
Tips For Landing A Job Over 40: Putting the 3 P’s To Work
There’s no doubt that being back in the job market in your 40s and 50s can be more challenging than earlier days on the job-hunting trail. Many of my 40-plus coaching clients feel out of interview shape and daunted by the job-search process – especially if they’ve been steadily employed for years, or even decades. […]
Give, Give, Get in Life and Career!
My life and career philosophy focuses on authentically giving to others. As the recipient of priceless wisdom and generosity from others throughout my life, I want to share ideas that will help you focus on paying-it-forward. When You Give – You Also Receive – Consider how you can give of your time, talent, or treasure […]
