New Credential: Certified Career Counselor
After 20 years working in the field of Career Counseling, I decided to apply for my Certified Career Counselor credential through the National Career Development Association (NCDA), and I'm happy to report my application was approved! In my earlier career, I worked in a federally-funded Workforce employment program, then for many years as a Career…
Pre-Summer Update – Career News & Coaching Specials
Recent Career News Is Skills-First Hiring set to be the future? A recent Forbes article poses this question. Skills-First Hiring is an interview style in which, “employers focus more on getting candidates to demonstrate specific examples of times they have shown a particular skill rather than looking at which degree or university they went to.”…
Summer Announcements from Navigating Transitions Career Counseling
Summer Announcements! Click the link to access the pretty Mailchimp version. :)https://mailchi.mp/33c68519ba8c/summer-announcements Introduction to Theatre of Liberation Workshop Some of you know that I have a background in social change or interactive theatre, and I can offer these tools and exercises in career and community workshops. They are fun! And also support learning and growth,…
Revisit: Hiring and Workplace Trends for 2023 from Indeed and
What changes can you expect to see in the labor force over the next few years? Indeed Hiring Lab and Glassdoor Economic Research teams partnered to predict these changes and produced a Hiring and Workplace Trends Report, reported on in this Indeed article. Revisiting #2 in the article's trends list, "Remote Work is Here to…
Recession Fears and Recession-Proof Jobs
I came across an article (see below for an excerpt) with information you may have heard, as well, about seeing warning signs of a possible recession -- though it also included caveats to the related employment data.If you're someone who wants to plan for potential problems, however, and you're thinking from a jobs and career…
