This past month, I was lucky enough to be chosen as a guest participant for the Career Calling Summit, organized by Jess Smith (special thanks to Janet Scarborough Civitelli at Vocation Village for the referral!) Jess recruited 20 career professionals from around the US to do 20 minute interviews on a career topic of our […]
Affirmation, career, choices, communication, Creativity, goals, intentions, job search, personal power, planning, reflection
What do you say when someone asks you to “tell me about yourself?” It’s easy if you understand that it’s really three different questions.
career, communication, informational conversation, informational interview, interview, job search, networking, personal brand, practice, relationships
For most westerners, Chinese names are very difficult to figure out. They don’t know what is a family name, what is a personal name, the gender of a name, what order they’re supposed to go in, and especially for Americans, how to pronounce them. Given 1) that Chinese names are really the Chinese characters for […]
career, Chinese, communication, job search, networking, personal brand, resume, social media
With the new website, and new options that I have, I’m looking for different ways to interact with people, and I’m starting my new Google Hangout Video Series with one tomorrow, October 9th, 2013, from 8:30-9:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The topic will be “Starting the New Season“. Here in Boston, the academic year (and […]
career, Hangout, personal power, planning, reflection, webinar, workshop
After I got out of high school, I took a year off to figure out what I was going to do for college. I worked for a year at Digital Equipment Corporation, and one of the things I did was I took a “test” to help me figure out what to do next. I don’t […]
assessments, career, discernment, personal power, reflection, tests