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Throughout the year as Santa’s head career coach and employment specialist along with the Grinch who serves as the North Pole’s Chief Motivational Officer (CMO), we manage hiring, talent management, training, onboarding, and more for Santa, the Elves, Flying Reindeer, Toy Making Operations, Cooking Making & Baking Operations, Gift Wrapping Operations, and much more.  Operations […]

It’s often said that we’re the average of the five people we spend the most time with. While not based on science, there is some social truth to the influence of those we surround ourselves with, especially as entrepreneurs, career coaches, and résumé writers who impact others’ lives.  Let’s face it, while we excel at […]

Margaret Phares, PARWCC’s Executive Director, and I had a conversation in a recently taped segment for PARWCC’s LinkedIn Live Series.  Margaret asked me a series of questions that ultimately brought us back to discussing the formation of PARWCC in 1990.  We examined the differences and similarities of the job search and hiring processes between then […]

Alvin has been involved in a lot of different engineering projects throughout his career. His original résumé mentioned quite a few of them in various levels of detail across four pages. The bulk of the detail captured his involvement with international projects that happened earlier in his career. More recently, Alvin has been in consulting […]

“ré•su•mé (rézumei, rezuméi) n. a summary. A curriculum vitae [F.]”  — New Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus of the English Language résumé n. a powerful, nearly magical document endowed with special powers that got someone else a job but is governed by arcane rules about which everyone has different opinions. —The lexicon of the layman, too […]

Keeping up with the times, I reimagined and updated the Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) program, including the videos, written materials, and case studies. Of course, I included some legacy videos beloved by the more than 2,700 CPCC participants and credentialed CPCCs from more than 40 countries worldwide who have already engaged in the CPCC program. […]

Two months to go in 2024!  Did that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!? With 61 days to go until the new year, we’ve got a great opportunity to reflect and set ourselves up for success in 2025.  Our clients have performance reviews to prepare for and résumé to update, […]

It’s not the furious winds or the raging sea that matters.  What matters is the set of the sail and mastery of the sailor at the helm. Whether one is fired from a job, diagnosed with cancer, or forced to evacuate a hurricane, it’s always our emotional state of mind – our attitude – that […]

Ready for the end of the year? Take some time to reflect and plan ahead using the step-by-step guide in the blog below. Set clear goals, refine your marketing, and optimize your service offerings while ensuring a balanced work-life schedule. Meet Marian, our Member Spotlight for November! She has over 10 years of experience and […]

Let’s face it. Life moves at the speed of light these days, and if you’re a business owner, it can feel like it’s moving even faster. Patience may seem like a luxury you can’t afford, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Rarity of Patience in Modern Business Why do we lack patience? […]

In March 2020 – much of the workforce was sent home to work via government-mandated work-from-home orders. Companies scrambled to move employees out of offices and into their homes. Many employees did not have the capability to work from home. They did not have dedicated office space, internet or robust enough internet, a computer, or […]

I find it fascinating that so often people will come up with a great idea or product, put all of this time and effort and consideration into making it the absolute best that it can be…and then they watch it fail because they never gave it a good name. And I don’t mean that they […]