by Irene Marshall | Mar 7, 2023 | Career Growth
When have family obligations become more of a priority in your life compared to your job? Has it been a short-term situation or a long-term situation? My husband is 77 and recently had a heart attack. Calling 911 because he was having trouble...
by Irene Marshall | Dec 27, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions, Job Search
I have a client who was once hired as an Office Assistant but was in the process of taking on a larger and more complicated role in her company. I helped her negotiate a new title of Office Manager to reflect this change. It was important to be clear about...
by Irene Marshall | Dec 14, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
What can make you unhappy in your work? Is it your co-workers? Your customers? Your actual job? It can be hard to separate out the source of the problems. I had a client who was a stockbroker. He was 29 years old. He and his wife wanted a child, but he had not been...
by Irene Marshall | Nov 1, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
So you think you were passed over for a promotion? Now what? Address your feelings of disappointment, frustration, or anger. You have to get past that. You need to actually know what happened, not just guess. It could be an awkward conversation with your...
by Irene Marshall | Oct 25, 2022 | Career Growth, LinkedIn, Resume Writing
Are you camera shy for your online presence? What about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Do you have a formal headshot for business in addition to your casual pictures? One time I noticed something funny for one of my clients. His picture on LinkedIn looked...
by Irene Marshall | Oct 11, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
Have you had a bad experience getting your car repaired? Or maybe you know someone else who said they had been ripped off? My husband and I owned an independent auto repair shop near Stanford University for about 20 years. I was never interested in...
