Month: August 2014

Advice from the corner office

I put this piece on my Facebook page, but I think the advice my friend Juan Martinez (Juan Martinez) offers is crucial to job-seekers. If you’re looking for a job, yet sending out formulaic cover letters, or disorganized cover letters you took 3 minutes to write, all the while telling yourself, “Well, whatever, the cover…
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August 28, 2014 0

So, you got fired…

If  you got fired, before you start squirting whipped cream directly from the aerosol can into your mouth,* how about you relax, take a step back from the ledge, breath into this paper bag and calm the f**k down. You may feel like the world’s biggest loser–you’re not, trust me–you may think no one else…
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August 27, 2014 0

TUESDAY TIPS: August 26, 2014: Go big or go home!

As a career coach, I have no problem whatsoever, in fact I LOVE it, when a client comes to me, wanting help to get a new job far above her “pay grade,” i.e. an ambitious, scary, exciting job. Bring it! If you know me, you know that “go big or go home,” is basically how…
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August 26, 2014 0

Lunching “between opportunities”

Had a very interesting consultation today yesterday, wherein I was asked the entirely sensible question, “If I’m taking all these people to lunch, doing all this networking…that’s going to add up…right?” Right. Getting a job is an expensive process, when you factor in business clothing, business cards, Internet access and a working cell phone, thank…
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August 21, 2014 0

Coping Skills, Part 2: Anger Issues

In hindsight, I’m sure some readers of yesterday’s blog, wherein I discussed the necessity of developing “coping skills,” right after I casually admitted that when irritated, I sometimes fantasized about punching my BFF at the time in the face…well, I’m sure some readers were rather surprised by that incongruity. In reply I’d say, I’m sure my…
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August 19, 2014 0

Ambitious Mondays: Coping Skills Edition

As a coach, it sometimes seems that I spend a lot of time encouraging clients, who feel that their best years are behind them, to step back from the ledge and calm the hell down. I cannot help you if you’re hyperventilating. And yes, I know exactly how it feels to look back at your…
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August 18, 2014 0

What to do if your hero breaks your heart…

“Life is a succession of lessons that must be lived in order to be understood.”- Helen Keller My title may appear snarky or even cynical title but no: life is hard. Life is unfair. Therefore, it’s crucial that we all have people whom we admire, who motivate us during the dark, exhausting times. Otherwise, what’s…
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August 16, 2014 0

Light your own fire…

Such a heartbreaking week, so much depressing, cruel news around the world. I think many people were especially devastated by the shocking suicide of Robin Williams. I think many people felt that if someone of his stature and achievements had nothing to live for…well, what hope for the rest of us? We have to create…
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August 15, 2014 0

Picking up the pieces…

As a native New Yorker, as someone who grew up giggling at the tabloids,  and now, as a small business owner determined to make it HUGE*, I’m beyond THRILLED to have been interviewed for this NY Post article**: 4 reasons why getting fired rocks Yes, I know: getting fired doesn’t exactly “rock,” but then again, it doesn’t…
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August 12, 2014 0

Don’t give yourself away…

As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “No one can make you feel inferior, without your consent.” I passionately agree with this…but that does NOT mean that I don’t get intimidated myself, or that I don’t have empathy with clients, when they make it clear that they’d rather have root-canal surgery done without anesthesia, than attend an…
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August 8, 2014 0