by Michelle Silbert | Mar 6, 2017 | For Career Coaches
For most, starting college requires a leap of faith, GRIT and flexibility to manage school and social expectations in new and changing ways. For me, going from back-to-back classes, daily homework, and varsity sports to fewer classes with often pockets of free time...
by Ashley Phillips | Feb 17, 2017 | For Career Coaches
Hard to serve. Hard to place. Lacks soft skills. Sense of entitlement. During my career in Workforce Development I have heard it all – the challenges of working with special populations. Years ago as a new career professional employed by the State of California, I...
by Heather Maietta | Jan 30, 2017 | For Career Coaches
Grit, according to Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007) is a positive non-cognitive trait based on an individual’s passion for a particular long-term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their set objective. Through...
by Heather Maietta | Jan 24, 2017 | For Career Seekers
Everyone faces career uncertainty at some point in life—economic volatility, corporate downsizing, relocation, forced career change, choice career change, et cetera. All of these situations cause career uncertainty. Career uncertainty ignites stressors—physiological...
by Heather Maietta | Jan 2, 2017 | For Career Coaches, For Career Seekers
Are You Making a New Year’s Resolution? It’s 2017! This year I will NOT … … lose weight. … have better time management. … be a better friend, spouse, parent, co-worker. … achieve work/life balance. … eat healthier. And, of course, I will NOT accomplish my career...
by Heather Maietta | Dec 23, 2016 | For Career Seekers
“Mom, did you ever help Santa Claus find a job?” asks my daughter Emily who’s nine and knows I am a career coach. “Why?” I ask. “Well, because Santa Claus had a LOT of jobs! Before he was Santa Claus, he was a chimney sweeper, a mailman, a cook, a zoo keeper, and a...
by Heather Maietta | Dec 16, 2016 | For Career Coaches
“I’m the worst interviewer! I always have been. I just can’t get out of my own way!” These are the exact words of a client I worked with last month. Few of us look forward to the hiring process, but my client – let’s call her Kelly – was convinced she’d never be...
by Heather Maietta | Nov 28, 2016 | For Career Coaches
Starting and navigating the career planning process is unfamiliar territory for many students, but it can be undoubtedly overwhelming for first-generation (FG) college students. As career services professionals, creating a launch pad for our students is the foundation...
by Heather Maietta | Aug 5, 2016 | For Career Coaches
Check out this article written by a Career Development Facilitator graduate talking about how she turned her Independent Study Project into action! The Career Development Facilitator training was developed to provide standards, training specifications, and Global...
by Heather Maietta | Mar 6, 2016 | General
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) recently certified Career In Progress as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) in the State of Massachusetts! Career in progress provides the following state-wide services as a MA Small Business:...
