by Laurie Swanson | Dec 23, 2019 | Career Blog
It’s hard to argue with the fact that the more confident you feel going into an interview the higher your chance of success. Practicing self-discipline is a form of action that builds self-confidence. You may be self-disciplined in some areas but not so much in...
by Laurie Swanson | Dec 9, 2019 | Career Blog
I often have people on a job search lament the holidays because they believe that companies are not going to move forward on anything until after the first of the year. Then they decide to put their job search in neutral. A bit of advice: DON’T DO IT! 5 top reasons to...
by Laurie Swanson | Dec 3, 2019 | Career Blog
The holidays can be filled with chaos in many ways. Projects wrapping up at work. Plans for projects kicking off in 2020 have begun. Open positions still needing to be filled which means your team’s time is stretched thin…fingers crossed the powers that be don’t...
by Laurie Swanson | Nov 25, 2019 | Career Blog
This month my book club is reading Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. A must-read (or even better get the audio and listen to him read his book)! On the surface, you would never think that Trevor and I were alike. He was born extremely poor during apartheid. He was mixed...
by Laurie Swanson | Nov 18, 2019 | Career Blog
My husband has no interest in playing Cribbage with me. (I know right?). I have no interest in going to the latest Muse concert with him (even if it is in a cemetery). Thank goodness we are both passionate about movies otherwise who knows where we would be. He is a...
by Laurie Swanson | Nov 11, 2019 | Career Blog
As we get ready to launch Take Charge, our digital job search readiness program, I realized that one of the things that we do in the program that I believe is unique and magical is that we teach you that the best time to begin negotiating for the best possible offer...
