Don Orlando

  The next Master Series: AI for Modern Career Coaching, begins August 11—don’t miss your chance to learn the tools and strategies reshaping how career professionals support clients. And the excitement is building for our annual Thrive! Conference, where the ideas, connections, and momentum you need for the year ahead all come together. Early-bird pricing […]

People often retire with visions of no longer working. They daydream about sitting by a pool or at the beach day after day, golfing, hiking, traveling, hanging out with grandkids, or taking up a beloved hobby. They dream about permanent leisure time. And for some people, this is a reality, and they enjoy it tremendously.  […]

On June 22, 2026, a federal judge ruled that the hiring platform Workday must continue  facing discrimination claims that its AI-powered HR software unlawfully rejected job applicants. That means tens of thousands of job seekers who were rejected by companies using Workday’s tools may try to join the case. It also means that other states […]

The U.S. labor market continues to send mixed signals. On paper, the economy remains remarkably resilient. Unemployment has held steady near historic norms, layoffs remain relatively low, and employers continue to add jobs each month. Yet career coaches, résumé writers, and recruiters across the country are hearing a very different story from the professionals they […]

Of course, you use announcements and, if you can get them, position descriptions (PDs) to guide your AI tools to help you write for and coach your clients. Supposedly, announcements and PDs capture what the hiring officials are looking for…except when they don’t. First, what’s asked for is often shown in “key words.” They’re little […]

Last month, we talked about how résumé writers and attorneys share the ability to convey persuasive messages without all the emotional attachments that clients bring to the situation. The other side of the same coin is worth mentioning as well.  The over-correction for emotionally overattached résumé writing is when the client’s presentation has become so […]

One of the biggest lies the fashion industry tells consumers is, “one size fits all.”   One size does NOT fit all.  It’s nice if one size fits most.  But a lot of the time it’s more like, “One size fits some.”  Trust and believe that I have had many moments in fitting rooms where […]

Nick Lichtenberg, writing for Fortune says, “The American worker is too mentally drained to even look for a new job. They are burned out and going nowhere.”   He goes on to say, “More than half of U.S. workers – 53%, according to a new Glassdoor poll of over 1,300 professionals – say they have paused […]

Dear reader, you’re clearly a savvy internet user if you’re able to navigate the web well enough to be reading this column. So you’ve probably noticed how you can’t go to a single website today without being prompted to take a survey about your experience or answer questions about the type of content you’d like […]

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