by Laurie Swanson | Apr 25, 2022 | Career Blog
In a recent coaching session, I asked my client what she wanted to work on, and she responded, “I want to work on why I still have not straightened up my office shelves.” Okay. Not exactly related to job search or career but I went with it. And discovered that this...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 18, 2022 | Career Blog
On March 15th we recognized Equal Pay Day for Women in the Year of 2022. According to the AAUW (aauw.org), of which I am a proud, longstanding member, this is what Equal Pay Day means: This symbolic day denotes how far into the year women must work to be paid what men...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 10, 2022 | Career Blog
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that two coaching clients came to me recently in a quandary. Their problem? They did not trust themselves to make the “right” career decision. One of them is moving into the final stages of a negotiation for a company that...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 4, 2022 | Career Blog
Back at the beginning of my career, I sold software for Computer Associates. I had an old-school manager who was nearing retirement when I joined his team. He was one of those sales guys who was full of stories and pearls of sales wisdom. He talked about how he became...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 28, 2022 | Career Blog
I was recently talking with a friend (more like bemoaning) about my career situation. Maybe you can relate. I was telling her that I was feeling sad and frustrated that my big dream of having a flourishing coaching business, a best-selling novel and thriving speaking...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 14, 2022 | Career Blog
A job search has a lot of moving parts. I do not need to remind everyone of that. There are lots of things we are told we need to do in order to have a successful search. Just google “How To Do A Job Search” and you will return pages of great advice and how-to videos....
