by Laurie Swanson | May 3, 2021 | Career Blog
My very first friend passed away this week. Her parents and my parents lived in the same apartment complex since when we were both born until we were 4 when we moved to Michigan and they moved to Central Illinois. Our connection did not end there. Our parents kept in...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 26, 2021 | Career Blog
I was recently working with a client who is on job search. I was prepping them for an interview. I am sure that their attitude towards the interview process started out positively but, several interviews later with no successful offers, things have changed. When I...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 19, 2021 | Career Blog
I have gained some weight and I am not happy about it. I could blame 2020 and no one would fault me. Yet, even if the isolation and low-level anxiety of the pandemic contributed to my overeating, the fact is something’s got to change. Except, I am not fully ready to...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 12, 2021 | Career Blog
I’m on the phone with a friend as she was driving away from Starbucks. She was trying to convince me to order her new favorite latte. (Chai tea latte with oat milk and 3 pumps brown sugar syrup in case you’re wondering). Then she says, “But today they were out of oat...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 5, 2021 | Career Blog
I’m reading a great book called Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga Mecking. Niks, in Dutch, means nothing. And the verb, niksen, means doing nothing, specifically without a goal or purpose in mind. To do nothing in America, is...
by Laurie Swanson | Mar 29, 2021 | Career Blog
I was talking with a young woman who had recently been laid off. She was unhappy. I listened to her talk and could feel both her fear and her blame: It will take me so long to find a new job I love Filing for Unemployment- ugh! Darn Covid If only management had done...
