Job Search During the Holidays
Many clients express concerns about hiring slowing down during the holidays. Here’s some perspective to challenge these myths: Myth:...
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katyallen64
Aug 271 min read
Embracing Joy in Career Choices
Last week, I shared how religious messages taught me not to trust myself and to give more authority to external sources of authority. In...
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katyallen64
Aug 201 min read
Religious Messages + Career Decisions
As a career coach, I often wonder if religious messages have impacted a client’s career choices. This has certainly been the case for...
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katyallen64
Aug 131 min read
Experienced Candidates: A Success Story
To close out my series on supporting older professionals in career transitions, I’d like to share a wonderful story about a client I...
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katyallen64
Aug 61 min read
Ageism in the Job Search
Last week I wrote an article on the many incredible qualities that older workers bring to the workforce, making them exceptional hires....
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katyallen64
Jul 301 min read
Your Value as a Highly Experienced Professional
In my work as a Career Transition Consultant, I work with many candidates who have recently been laid off and feel disadvantaged in their...
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katyallen64
Jul 241 min read
Do I need a career coach?
How do you know if you need a career coach? There are many reasons why seeing a career coach might be valuable for you. Here are a few...
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katyallen64
Jul 161 min read
What Is a Career Coach?
Do you know what a career coach does? (Don’t worry, I didn’t know either until I became one.) In my practice, I generally support clients...
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katyallen64
Jul 151 min read
Coaching = Imperfect Perfection
As I conclude my series on coaching and yoga, here is another quality of a “transformational space” according to Stephen Cope in his...
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katyallen64
Jul 151 min read
Coaching = Experimentation + Self-Discovery
Continuing from my previous post, both coaching and yoga provide “transformational spaces” for us to grow and change. According to...
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katyallen64
Jul 151 min read
Coaching = Refuge + Safety
As both a career coach and yoga teacher, I’m often amazed at how insights from one practice will inform and enrich the other. In career...
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katyallen64
Jul 151 min read
Career Vulnerability
As a career coach, I'm often struck by how profoundly vulnerable career transitions can be, and how much courage it takes to reach out...
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ritterashley9
Nov 25, 20234 min read
5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing a Coach
*CW - This post discusses high control groups, cults, etc. It’s the night after Thanksgiving, and all through the house… Everyone is full...
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ritterashley9
May 8, 20232 min read
Work Grief
"I just don't think anyone wants me!" "Is the problem me?" "Maybe I'm just not meant to work." "Am I just weird?" "Will I be unemployed...
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ritterashley9
Jan 3, 20235 min read
On Being 'Couraged' in 2023
In my observation, we live in a time and cultural landscape where worth and work are intricately associated with one another. “What will...
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ritterashley9
Nov 13, 20224 min read
3 Behaviors Leaders Need to Avoid
Feedback is good...right? Have you ever worked someplace where the supervisor prided themselves on not “sugar-coating” things, and...
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ritterashley9
Sep 17, 20221 min read
Redifining Professionalism
By Allison Wiederin, CCC Editor and Project Manager This article is part of an ongoing series exploring justice and equity in the...
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ritterashley9
May 11, 20223 min read
I Don't Think We Understand Spring
(*Written on a 39-degree day in May) I don’t think we understand spring. Even when I say the word, let’s be honest what goes through your...
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ritterashley9
Feb 6, 20224 min read
Wondering if you should leave a new job? Consider the 3x3 approach
Perhaps you find yourself starting a new job. Sadly, only after a few weeks, you have that sudden feeling in the pit of your stomach…and...
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ritterashley9
Apr 12, 20212 min read
The Surprising Truth about Work
It's probably no surprise to anyone, anywhere that I think about work a lot. But not just work itself. I think about "the nature of work"...
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