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Informational Interview Tips: Who to Network With and What to Ask (Part 2)

You must speak with people if you are serious about transitioning in your career. It is absolutely not enough to sit behind a computer screen. Signing up for Monster, TheLadders and/or Indeed is not enough....
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The Agency Shift to Client Side: Thinking Like a Client [free full eBook edition within]

Ad executives thought I was nuts for going in the opposite direction when I left American Express to work for Ogilvy & Mather. I decided to leave a place where I owned ideas and evaluated...
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Small Business Saturday 11/24 Offer – Empower 2-for-1 and Give to Dress for Success

**Update: this offer is no longer valid**   Shopping or gifting isn't just about crossing off the items on your list, the toys and shoes we buy for ourselves or others, but also the intangible...
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Fashion Career Change Tips: How to Dress for Jobs in Creative Fields

Since I launched my Gen X career coaching firm, I have found that more than 97.9% of my clients (i.e. practically everyone) wants to transition from working in traditional careers where black suits are the...
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A Dialogue About Changing Careers between Military Veterans and Civilians

Two military veterans, one career coach, and an HR executive walk into a bar… See below what those parties say about language barriers between HR and veterans, the transition from military to civilian professional life,...
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Informational Interview Tips: Who to Network With and What to Ask (Part 1)

You must speak with people if you are serious about transitioning in your career. It is absolutely not enough to sit behind a computer screen. Signing up for Monster, TheLadders and/or Indeed is not enough....
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The Mommy Shift: A Reentry Strategy (Brief Edition)

As a working mom myself,  most of my personal relationships with other moms are now virtual. Yet, even though my mommy conversations consist of chats and texts, I have gained substantive insights into the biggest...
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