Emotions and the Job Search Managing your emotions is as key in the job search as it is in negotiations. It is important to become a blank slate! If you can keep your emotions in check, you will find that you will be so much better off as you go through the job search. This […]
Dealing with Uncertainty in a Time of a Pandemic
Dealing with Uncertainty We are all dealing with uncertainty during this time of a pandemic. We are not in control! The impetus for this post came from my good friend Thom Singer, who among other things is the podcast host of the Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do Podcast. Thom published an episode called Uncertainty, Overwhelm, and […]
Who is Really Making the Hiring Decision? [Updated]
Who is Making the Hiring Decision? Who makes the hiring decision to hire you? It may seem obvious, but it’s often a shell game. You would think it was the hiring manager, but does he or she really have the final say? There is an exact correlation between a) understanding who is the decision-maker in […]
How to Create Your Career Story So That It Makes Sense [Podcast]
Podcast #167 – Marc Interviews Gary O’Neal on How to Create Your Career Story So That It Makes Sense Description: Gary is a recruiting and hiring consultant. He has trained and led high-performance recruiting teams that have made well over 10,000 hires. He has seen the inside story of how recruiting and hiring happens inside […]
Do You Suffer from Make Stuff Up Disorder? [Updated]
Do You Make Stuff Up? When we do not have all of the information to make a decision, we often just “make stuff up”. We can make stuff up when we fantasize about the future, or cause ourselves stress by imagining all of the worst things that could possibly happen – based on stuff we […]
Can Phil Repurpose His Career? Part 2 of 4 [Podcast]
Podcast #166 – Marc works with “Phil” (not his real name) to pivot his career in the second of four episodes featuring “Phil”. Description: This will be a 4-episode series where the first 2 episodes are comprised of the first feedback session. The next 2 episodes are the 2nd and 3rd feedback sessions. I do […]
Can Phil Repurpose His Career? Part 1 of 4 [Podcast]
Podcast #165 – Marc works with “Phil” (not his real name) to pivot his career in the first of four episodes featuring “Phil”. Description: This week I start the next Career Pivot evaluation series called “Can Phil Repurpose His Career?”. This will be the fourth individual I have done this with. Previously, I worked with […]
Have You Followed the Default Path in Your Career? [Updated]
Default Path A lot of baby boomers, including myself, took the default path in our careers. We waited for opportunities to appear, and then we reacted. We let others dictate the path our careers followed. I know I sure did! I graduated from Northwestern University with an engineering degree in the late 1970s. I took […]
Is Medicare at 50 a Solution for People in the 2nd Half of Life? [Podcast]
Podcast #164 – Marc Interviews Danielle Roberts from Boomer Benefits about Medicare at 50 Description: Danielle Roberts is a co-founder of Boomer Benefits, a licensed insurance agency that helps baby boomers navigate their entry into Medicare in 48 states, and has nearly half a million social media followers. She is a member of the Forbes […]