by Laurie Swanson | Nov 1, 2021 | Career Blog
I was at an event in downtown Chicago. As I was leaving, the woman behind the front desk saw me and asked if I had parked in the building. I said I had, and she then said, “Do you want your parking ticket validated?” That was a heck ya! If you have ever parked in...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 25, 2021 | Career Blog
Not to beat a dead horse here but, as I’ve mentioned in the past, a job search is largely a numbers game. This means that you need to set activity goals that you’re working on consistently in order to move your job search forward. In a recent coaching...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 18, 2021 | Career Blog
I was talking with a client, and she asked me 2 important questions about change. The Backstory: Her daughter is in a job she doesn’t love, getting paid less than market value and people are leaving right and left due to the toxic work environment. She wants to find a...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 11, 2021 | Career Blog
Imagine being on the IT team and completing the well-planned changes to your routers and discovering that website traffic was no longer being properly directed…for your 3.5 billion Facebook users! Now that’s an epic fail! In comparison, discovering there is a typo on...
by Laurie Swanson | Oct 4, 2021 | Career Blog
A job search has many moving parts. It makes sense that you might feel overwhelmed. It also makes sense that you’d feel anxious or even scared. Your mind likes to get involved. It hates change and change brings up fear. You mind will tell you that a job search is...
