by Irene Marshall | Sep 19, 2023 | Career Growth, Career Transitions, Resume Writing
Someone contacted me, who was a client, in 2009 when I wrote his resume. I unexpectedly heard from him this morning. I am a coach who is also a professional resume writer. He said that the last time we talked, I told him that he needed to be at his next job for at...
by Irene Marshall | Aug 1, 2023 | Career Transitions
My mother taught public high school and junior high school for 22 years. There were bells that rang at predictable times during the day to begin or end class. When she retired, she missed those bells because they gave structure to the whole day. Professional sports...
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 15, 2022 | Career Transitions
How do you move from a corporate job into the nonprofit world? I have a client who did just that. Here is her story. SHE MADE A PLAN and THEN WORKED THE PLAN! It took one full year from when we met until she started her new job. She was willing to do...
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...
