Steps You Can Take to Feel Happier At Work — Feeling unhappy at work? Maybe your projects don’t excite you. Or your colleagues are constantly dragging you down. Or your organization’s values are misaligned with yours. No matter the exact source of your discontent, you might feel like you need to change everything about your career to feel happier. You…

Are You in Your Career For the Right Reasons? — Our careers can feel similar to driving a car down a road, where you can control the speed, pull over to rest when you want, or take a detour when you feel like it. However, more often than not, our careers are more like being on a fast-moving train. As…

How to Bounce Back with Grace and Grit — Rejection is an inevitable part of any challenging or meaningful endeavor. Sometimes, rejection is explicit and in your face. A prospective client may say no to the services you offer or a hiring manager may tell you they’ve chosen a more well-qualified candidate. Other times, rejection is implicit and less…

Taking Small Actions Over Time Can Drive Big Results — Have you ever considered making a big career move only to put it off indefinitely? Maybe you were unhappy in your job and wanted to explore a different career path. Or you considered starting your own independent business but could never quite take the leap. The truth is, even if…

Committing to a single vision doesn’t always serve you long term — Very early on in my life, I set my sights on one day becoming a doctor. Like many people I cross paths with who eventually decide to change career paths, I somehow decided on my career path when I was a little kid. …

How to craft a winning LinkedIn profile that stands out to recruiters and hiring managers — LinkedIn remains one of the most essential platforms to establish a professional online presence and showcase your skills and accomplishments. With over 930 million users (and counting), LinkedIn remains the go-to platform for recruiters, hiring managers, and professionals looking for potential candidates.

How Your Outlier Experiences Can Give You a “Right to Play” in a New Industry — One question I often get from candidates with non-traditional, unconventional career paths is how to position yourself as a viable candidate for a role in which you’ve had no direct prior experience. …

Identifying and communicating your niche can make the difference between you being sought after or overlooked — I’m currently in the market for a pair of new road running shoes. Again. Every couple of years or so, after wearing out my most recent pair, I head down a rabbit hole of trying to find a running shoe that does it all. I try to find one that…

Taking control of your professional story is a necessary part of navigating any major career transition — As a solopreneur myself who stepped away from my more traditional corporate career many years ago, self-critique continues to be a source of stress and anxiety for me. I still catch myself setting somewhat unrealistic expectations for myself or taking critique a bit too personally. Whether your self-employed or full-time…