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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!
The VUCA World-of Work
If you haven’t heard the trending business buzzword: VUCA, it stands for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. The term originated at the US Army War College in 1980 to describe the global landscape after the Cold War, and quickly found traction in the business world. Our world circumstances have shifted from the 1980’s but the […]
Boomerang Talent is Ripe for Recruiting
The Worker’s Market is alive and well putting talent in the driver’s seat in this robust job market. While many employers are scrambling to attract and retain top talent, the often-unexpected population of boomerang and alumni talent is ripe for hiring. Boomerang and Alumni Employees Boomerang talent has worked in or applied to work in […]
Take Action!
You can distinguish yourself as a leader at any point in your career from entry-level to seasoned executive. Lead through collaboration, bring out the best on your team, and ask for what you need in a work environment. You won’t ever get it if you don’t ask! Consider these points as you develop your career […]
Tis The Season for Pocket Resumes
With the holiday season in full swing some job seekers step away from networking because they fear it isn’t a good time to be seen and heard. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Take advantage of the seasonal cheer and the festivities that bring people together and get ready to network up a storm. […]
Women in Male Dominated Career Fields
Women graduate from college 3 to 2 over men and make up almost half the workforce. But there are still many male-dominated career fields including law, biotechnology, publishing, and corporate business to name just a few. Women are the fastest growing population of entrepreneurs but they still need to play catch-up in many career sectors […]
Be An Empowered Woman
I had the great privilege of delivering the keynote speech to a sold out crowd at the Indiana University Office of Women’s Affairs – Women in the Workplace Conference in November. The room was buzzing with incredible energy and women ready to take charge of their career destiny. OWA produced a beautiful poster that every […]
Something Needs to Change Around Here
Liz Weber is my new leadership go-to guru. Her newest book: Something Needs to Change Around Here: The Five Stages of Leveraging Your Leadership is hot off the press and finally unlocks the mystery of the multiple stages of leadership. Because when a leader does their job better, they are in a position to help […]
Don’t Let ‘Em Treat You Like a Girl
Through the wonderful world of social media, I had the great opportunity to meet Liz Weber, president of her own management consulting firm and leadership expert. I started following Liz on Twitter since I really enjoyed her posts and before long we connected by phone and now she is part of my professional network. A […]
Making Your Way to The Top
Even though numerous research studies have shown that having more women seated at the decision-making tables improves bottom line profitability for an organization, women sit at the helm of only 12 Fortune 500 companies. Margie Warrell wrote a compelling piece in Forbes about what women can do more of to make their way to the […]
Career Coach Caroline Premieres on CBS Radio
I am thrilled to announce that I will be hosting a national weekly program on CBS Radio called Career Coach Caroline. The show premieres Tuesday, November 1st at 5pm and will air live every Tuesday at 5pm in Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Seattle on respective regional CBS Radio stations. You can also listen live (or […]
Are You Willing to Take a Risk?
How stepping out of your comfort zone may lead to exciting new possibilities!
Are You Really Listening?
In the era of multi-tasking, true active listening is becoming a rarity. The next time you have an interview, meeting, conversation, or interaction with another person – consider what you actually heard. Did you hear what you think you heard or are you interpreting what you want to hear? Dianne Booher in an accomplished author […]
