Podcast #184 – Pivoting from Being a Mining Engineer to Starting a Small Business Consulting Business Description: Gene states it best in his LinkedIn About section: The life of a contractor is not an easy one. You’ve grown up in the construction industry and building is in your blood. This isn’t a job. This is […]
Are You Feeling Insecure in these Uncertain Times?
Feeling Insecure in these Uncertain Times If you are feeling insecure about your career, finances, family life, health, or a myriad of other things you are not alone. It is pretty normal to feel insecure when so much of what is going on is not in our control. I had a great discussion with Eliz […]
5 Things You Will Never Know About the Hiring Process [Updated]
5 Things You Will Never Know About the Hiring Process The reality is when you are looking for a job at a target company you do not know anything about their hiring process. That is unless you have a contact at the target company with intimate knowledge of how hiring is done. What we usually do […]
5 Fascinating 2nd Act Career Stories with Andy Levine [Podcast]
Podcast #183 – Andy Levine of Second Act Stories Podcast Shares His 5 Best Stories Description: This week is a different kind of episode. I am a big fan of the Second Act Stories podcast. I met Andy Levine who produces the Second Act Stories podcast even before he launched it. He came to me […]
Watching the Response to the Pandemic from Mexico
Watching the Response to the Pandemic I want to take a moment and contrast the response to the pandemic by the state of Jalisco Mexico to my home state of Texas. Our planned trip back to Austin, Texas, which was originally planned for April was put on hold by the lockdown. Our next plan was […]
Do Your Skills Match Your Interests in Your Career [Updated]
Skills Versus Interests We develop a lot of skills throughout our lifetime. Most of us learn these skills because they are in demand by our employer or industry. We get paid for having and using these skills. Sometimes we enjoy using these skills, but other times when we overuse them, burnout occurs. Read my post […]
Networking and Remote Work in the COVID-19 World with Tammy Gooler Loeb [Podcast]
Podcast #182 – Marc Interviews Career Coach Tammy Gooler Loeb about Networking and Remote Work in the COVID-19 World Description: Since 1991, Tammy has been engaging her clients to clarify their goals, develop personalized plans and support them in achieving rewarding results. Clients acknowledge that Tammy’s compassionate yet direct insight has led to successful outcomes. […]
3 Ways Job Search Has Changed for Those in the 2nd Half of Life
3 Ways Job Search Has Changed The COVID-19 pandemic has changed job search for everyone but particularly for those in the 2nd half of life. Applying to the dreaded applicant tracking system (ATS) before was not a good job search strategy before the pandemic; now it is a waste of time. For those of us […]
Finding People Who Look, Taste and Smell Like You [Updated]
Look, Taste and Smell Like You When making your next career move, the first thing you should do is find people who look, taste, and smell like you who are doing the kind of work you want to do. This is particularly true if your industry is in decline and you need to make a […]