by Irene Marshall | Jun 21, 2022 | Career Growth, Interviews
I once talked with a man who had been a stay-at-home dad for seven years but needed to go back to work. He had been the Chief Financial Officer at a company. His wife died in childbirth, leaving him with two special-needs twin boys. As he was in a good financial...
by Irene Marshall | May 31, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
I am always curious about how people come into their current profession. Was it by intent or by serendipity? There is always a story. If you had a degree in criminal justice, but now you are in sales, how did that happen? Why did you move away from your formal...
by Irene Marshall | May 12, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions
Do people sometimes retire too early? Why does it matter? I met two interesting people when I recently went on a Mississippi River paddlewheel steamship cruise from New Orleans to Memphis. They told me similar stories about their careers. Many people are eligible for...
by Irene Marshall | May 3, 2022 | Career Growth, Industry Research
If you are unhappy with your work and want to look for something else, it can be really important to decide if you want to stay within or leave your industry. It might be easy to consider why you want to leave but harder to decide why you should maybe stay. 1....
by Irene Marshall | Apr 5, 2022 | Career Growth, Career Transitions, Job Search
If you are dissatisfied with your work, sometimes the possible reasons are jumbled up in your emotions. It is hard to separate things out to find the source of the problems. Do you like to be around your co-workers? Is it a good team? Are your clients easy to work...
by Irene Marshall | Mar 17, 2022 | Career Growth, Interviews
It can be very stressful to look for a new job. One of the biggest complaints is that you can interview, think things went well, and then you never hear back from anyone at the company. It just doesn’t feel good to have been “ghosted” by a recruiter or hiring...
