How to Use Your Job-Hopping Experiences to Identify Your Career Direction career direction tips practical advice Feb 23, 2017

When I talk to potential clients, I often hear fears that their job-hopping experiences mean that they may never settle down into a career. This fear is unfounded: Job-hopping experiences can be one of the best resources to help someone identify a career direction. Job hopping, of course, is...

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8 Tips to Help You Thrive Through Winter career mindset Feb 14, 2017

Winter days are shorter, and winter nights are longer, so we find ourselves waking up in the morning and coming home from work in the dark. In colder climates we may find ourselves outside less and indoors more. Fortunately, we just have to survive a few more months before the flowers come into...

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Traveling to Havana Cuba? How to Prepare. Jan 17, 2017

Traveling to Havana Cuba? How to Prepare:

 

  1. Do your homework- Cuba is not the easiest place to travel because they are still building the infrastructure. Book hotels, tours, and restaurants in advance and do your research on Trip Adviser or Lonely Planet.  Internet is hard to...
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Tips for Setting Strong Goals for the New Year career mindset Jan 17, 2017

Tips for Setting Strong Goals for the New Year  

Published on SharpHeels: http://sharpheels.com/2017/01/setting-strong-goals/

As we move into the New Year, we often write goals and resolutions hoping to make changes, and about two months into the New Year, they may be thrown to the...

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3 Benefits of Peer Accountability to Achieve Your Career Goals practical advice Dec 21, 2016

As we move into the New Year, we start making resolutions and goals for 2017. We often set goals for our career and do not stick with them.

There are many reasons why we don't stick with our goals. Perhaps they are not goals we want to accomplish in the first place. Or our goals are too lofty to...

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4 Things You Can Do If Youโ€™re Burned Out From a Job Transition career direction tips practical advice Dec 01, 2016

4 Things You Can Do If You’re Burned Out From a Job Transition  

Published on SharpHeels: http://sharpheels.com/2016/12/making-a-career-change/

Have you been spending hours contemplating your career direction, applying to hundreds of jobs online, and talking about your next...

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4 Ways You Can Take Advantage of the Holidays to Find a New Career Nov 28, 2016

4 Ways You Can Take Advantage of the Holidays to Find a New Career

Published on SharpHeels: http://sharpheels.com/2016/11/holiday-job-hunting/

We often believe that hiring slows down prior to the new year. This is a myth! Hiring managers are still searching for applicants, but interviews...

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Having a Hard Time Being Productive Today? career mindset Nov 09, 2016

productiveI have to admit, I'm having a hard time being productive today. How about you?

This election cycle has been unlike what many of us have ever seen. The use of fear-based messages about the past, present and future of our country during this campaign has been non-stop.

I'm upset and shaken to my...

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My Rebrand- Inner Compass Coach, LLC career mindset Oct 10, 2016

My RebrandWith the arrival of fall, change is in the air! I've noticed that many of my clients have been making major changes in their lives, whether it be internal such as mindset shifts or external such as changing careers.

I've also been making some major changes including selling my home, moving...

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Why You Should Pray Even if No One is Listening career mindset Jul 22, 2016

I promise you this article is not going to get religious on you. There are so many reasons people pray —perhaps they want change, to receive something, connection to God, forgiveness, healing or something else.

I personally like to pray during life transitions. Not because I think...

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Debunking the 'Perfect Career' Myth career mindset Jun 10, 2016

Do you find yourself always seeking more? Whether it be the newest technology, latest diet trends, the most recent fashions... and the list goes on.

We live in a world that is obsessed with perfection and always wanting more. We look for it in our careers and use the terms,"perfect career","dream...

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What's Really Holding Your Career Back career mindset Jun 04, 2016

I remember I was interviewing at a Fortune 500 Company over 5 years ago and they asked, "What is your biggest weakness?" As a career coach, I've given a lot of thought to this question because I work with mid-level professionals who want to advance their career.

The purpose of this article...

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