Finding a Job Without Having to Network

The nature of my business is to help professionals restart, grow and/or transform their careers and I love it!  Consistently, during the job search aspects of my career coaching, the subject of networking comes up.  Some clients understand and embrace its place in a...

Build Your Network through Thanksgiving

It’s that time of the year again where U.S. and Canadian citizens celebrate what we call “Thanksgiving.”  While having its roots in the migration of the Pilgrims to America, it still symbolizes a time to reflect on all that is good in our lives and make a declaration...

Networking Doesn’t Work

That’s right I said it, networking doesn’t work! For many people that is. The reason why?  They don’t know what they’re doing.  By now everyone has heard, “Oh, you must network if you want to find a job/find a better job/move up in your company/….”  There’s just one...

Network or NOTwork?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the latest U.S. unemployment figures show the unemployment rate hovering at 6.6%, or 10.2 million people.  Please bear in mind that these figures don’t factor in the underemployed (desire full-time employment with...