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  • How to Survive a Toxic Boss: Thriving Until It’s Time to Move On
    Dealing with a toxic boss is emotionally and professionally draining. Whether you’re staying temporarily while planning your exit or simply can’t leave due to financial commitments or career goals, there are strategies to help you maintain your well-being...

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  • How to Ace Your Job Interview: Modern Preparation Strategies
    Congratulations! You’ve landed a job interview! Now What? Gone are the days when you could wing it in a job interview without preparing. Today’s job market is competitive and it’s crucial that you take the time to research and educate yourself on the comp...

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  • Beating Burnout: Learn the Causes and Reclaim Your Life
    When employees are “always on” it’s a recipe for burnout. But what’s the solution? With 77% of professionals experiencing burnout (according to a Deloitte survey), it’s time to look at the causes of burnout and what we can do to help you reclaim your life...

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  • Navigating the Silence: How to Handle Being Ghosted in Your Job Search
    Imagine you’ve had a great interview – you were vibing with your potential boss and the hiring manager and you’re waiting to hear back on an offer. Fast forward to a few weeks later and crickets…you never hear from them again. Unfortunately, this is becom...

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  • How to Survive a Performance Improvement Plan
    Being put on a performance improvement plan, also known as a PIP, can feel like a slap in the face, especially if you didn’t see it coming. But being put on a PIP gives you a lot of power and leverage if you go into it with the right mindset. If you have ...

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  • Navigating the Modern Job Hunt
    Let’s be honest, times have changed and so has the job hunt. As a Certified Career Transition Coach (CCTC), I work with a lot of people applying for jobs who haven’t searched for a job in a decade or more. What used to be a simple process of sending your ...

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  • How to Re-Energize Your Job Search
    Energy is my word for the year and as your career coach, it’s my job to help you harness the energy within you to set bold goals, conquer challenges, and embrace new opportunities. I thought we could talk about energy as it relates to the job search and h...

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  • Is the Thank You Note Dead?
    In today’s fast-paced and digitally-driven work environment, the traditional thank you note may seem like a relic of the past, overshadowed by emails, instant messaging, and social media. However, the attention and thoughtfulness of a thank you note...

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  • Navigating Your Career During a Strike
    Nobody ever plans to find themselves in the midst of a strike, but it seems like it was unavoidable this year with the Writers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Union, and the United Auto Workers strike. Navigating your career duri...

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  • Closing the Gender Wage Gap: How to be Your Own Advocate
    Every year Equal Pay Day falls on March 12, which highlights the persistent gender wage gap that affects women in the workplace. What’s even more shocking is that this only covers women in general, but if you look at Black Women and Native American Women,...

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  • Format Your Resume for Maximum Impact
    With all the fantastic free design tools, it can be tempting to overly format your resume. We can get caught up in a visually appealing resume with photos, colors, fonts, and beautiful design. It might look great, but it won’t get you noticed (for the rig...

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  • How to Future-Proof Your Career
    Each generation experiences innovation. The average career spans four or five decades, making it inevitable that everyone will face a new technology that will revolutionize their industry. Sometimes people get lucky and can retire before the technology ch...

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  • When to Use AI in Your Job Search
    There’s been a lot of buzz about using AI in your job search lately, but how do you know when to use it and when to enlist the help of a career coach? I have a lot of thoughts about this and have seen AI used well and used poorly. With any new technology,...

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  • A Guide to Surviving a Lay-Off: Five Steps to Take
    Surviving a lay-off can be one of the most stressful moments in your life. As Americans, many of us live to work and our whole identity can be tied up with our job. When that is suddenly taken away from us, it can cause an extreme reaction. Everyone react...

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  • Get the Job Offer: What to Do When You Keep Getting Interviews but No Offers
    Nobody likes rejection, especially when you’re really putting yourself out there. In a job search, there is nothing more frustrating than lining up some fantastic interviews and then not getting a job offer. You’ve spent hours planning, preparing, and hyp...

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  • How to Job Search for the First Time in Decades
    If you find yourself on a job search for the first time in one or two decades, there are a few things that have changed. This can be really intimidating and keep people stuck in a job they hate. While the unknown can be scary, I specialize in helping wome...

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  • Give Yourself Grace and Grow Your Career
    Each year, I choose a word that sets the tone for my personal and professional goals. A mantra to say and live by. Last year, the word was “Alignment” and I helped my clients Find Career Alignment. This year, I’ve chosen “Grace” as my focus. I’ve focused ...

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  • Know Your Worth: Negotiate Your Salary with Confidence
    I recently worked with a client who was negotiating an offer for a new job. She was in the process of interviewing for two positions and when she received the offer letter from the first job, she asked me to review her counter email which included a detai...

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  • How to Prepare for an Annual Review
    How did you prepare for your annual review last year? Did you stroll into the meeting unprepared? Or did you take an hour before the meeting to cram a few talking points into your memory? Instead of showing up to your annual review and waiting for your bo...

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  • How to Develop Your Leadership Style
    One of the dirty secrets of management is that once you get good at something, and get promoted to manager, you stop doing the thing that you were good at and start figuring out how to manage people. When this happens, most people are usually elated to ge...

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