You’ve probably felt Passion Pressure and you might even be confused by it. Understandable. Let’s clear up a few things about passion:

How to evoke the living breathing quality of you, a human being living, loving, working, having an effect on the work you do and being affec

I’m curious about how you define a career.

Make no bones about it, if you don't unpack the assumptions you've made about yourself and/or that job, role, or situation, it's likely you'

This morning, a ‘sponsored post’ for an online resume writing service showed up on my FB feed. It promised all kinds of resume magic for ...

If your current resume was applying for a job as "resume," would it succeed?

Let's imagine you’ve decided to build a house for your dog. Maybe you’ve built something like this before or perhaps it’s your first time.

Your resume is you on paper. It's an ad for you. It makes the people doing the hiring want to meet the real you. It's just one part of your comprehensive job search but it’s an important one. You need it to be flawless and compelling because if it is, you increase your chances of landing the job you’ve been looking for. Who doesn’t want that? But, before you jump in and spend money on help writing your resume, here are three signs that a resume writer might be for you. 1. Yo

For those of you who don't know, I was a professional ballet dancer in my 20's. A couple of months ago I started taking a beginner ballet class with the extraordinary Ernesta Corvino.The class isn't just "beginner" in title, it's super beginner, building the most basic dance concepts step by step, class by class, week by week. The students in the class are complete novice adult dancers, with the exception one other person (and me, of course). It might seem ridiculous for a da

You know that person who doesn’t apologize for her preferences, sensitivities, strengths, vulnerabilities or style? Or, that man who knows “just who he is” and you sense something real when you’re with him? That’s authenticity. An authentic person’s presence touches something in us. Their ease with themselves is inspiring. And scary. And intimidating. We are drawn to them at the same time we are uncomfortable. Could that discomfort mean we want “whatever she’s having?” Authen

In a recent article in Quartz, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, says that despite the belief that coding is the skill most needed in the current job market, it’s actually communication. The human kind. For the tech world that tends to think Artificial Intelligence is the answer to everything, that’s quite a shift. Nothing substitutes for meaningful human interaction. Most people who are searching for a job will tell you that excellent communication skills is listed in just about eve

If you’re involved in a job search now, or have ever been in one, you’ve probably felt the love / hate relationship that interviews provoke. The love part is easy. An interview means you’ve made it past at least one gatekeeper and you’re another step closer to getting that job. Being called or asked to a meeting indicates that your professional documentation (resume, cover letter, digital portfolio, LinkedIn profile, etc.) is good enough to place you near the top of the hirin