Margaret Phares

  Keep your summer momentum rolling. Join us for CPCC Live sessions and several other interactive masterminds to hone your skills as you connect with your community. New blogs were just dropped too – don’t miss those! And a reminder: the Thrive! 2026 conference is coming up—stay tuned for more details.     Worth Your […]

During my tenure as a career coach, some parents of young adults (coachees) have hired me to provide career coaching and professional résumé development for their children. Sometimes they gift coaching services and résumé development to their young adult children for a birthday, holiday, or graduation. Other times, they recognize that their coachee is struggling […]

We offer the one tool that will set you apart: wisdom. Social media, apps, and standalone webinars just cannot match that value. Thrive2026! cuts through all the noise—but only if you know how to prepare for and use it well.  If you do, you’ll make more money than it costs to attend. Read that sentence […]

(An edited excerpt from the book “Confessions of a Résumé Writer”) My buddy Andy Bridgeman is enjoying success from his first fiction novel, Fortunate Son. He recently published an article in Writer’s Digest called “My First Ideas Aren’t My Best—And AI Only Makes Them Worse”. Here are some highlights that resonated with me: “The more […]

One of the biggest interview mistakes I see senior-level candidates make is preparing stories that prove they can execute rather than stories that prove they can lead. The traditional STAR narrative framework  – and the many STAR-adjacent variants so many of us coaches use – lead to success stories with an intentionally narrow scope.  It’s […]

Dear Friends,  Let’s have some real talk.   This has been a challenging time.   The job market is tough, it’s the wild west out there with frauds and fakes diminishing the reputation of ethical providers, and knowing who and what to trust has become like a game of “whack-a-mole.”   And that’s why I decided this was […]

For months, career coaches and résumé writers have heard the same thing from clients: This job market feels harder than the numbers suggest. Candidates are applying to more positions, waiting longer for responses, moving through multiple rounds of interviews, and watching opportunities disappear or get put on hold. Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate has remained […]

In the Beginning For most of my 30-year career, I taught that there are only three ways to grow a business (or profession). To give deserved credit, I first learned about the three ways at a day-long Tom Peters workshop (Best-selling author of “In Search of Excellence”).    Once I adopted the 3-step marketing approach, my […]

You may already be familiar with the famous business management book that gives advice about moving cheese. This is not that. But I don’t like when people move my cheese. Actually, the issue isn’t always people moving my cheese — I’m not generally married to any one location. It’s more the purposeless moving of my […]

Friends, I am writing to share that PARWCC has terminated all professional ties with Mark Misiano, the former Director of Membership Strategy. While Mr. Misano left the PARWCC team in April to pursue other opportunities, he was continuing to volunteer as Thrive Chair. We were recently made aware of serious allegations involving Mr. Misano and […]