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Rejection can be difficult, especially career rejection. I applied for A LOT of jobs when I was looking for my first “real job” right out of grad school in the late ’90s. About 75 to be exact. And I got about 70 rejections. Multiple rejections make it nearly impossible to keep a positive attitude. Especially […] The post How to Deal With Job Loss and Interview Rejection appeared first on paNASH Pa...

The holidays are often a time for a mental break from all the hard work we’ve put into our jobs throughout the past year. But if your only job right now is looking for a job, you can’t afford to mentally check out. Believe it or not, the holidays are actually one of the best […] The post 4 Reasons Why the Holidays are a Good Time to Job Search appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

Life would be grand if you didn’t have work getting in the way of it, right? You’d wake up every morning (even Monday mornings) loving life instead of dreading your soul-sucking job. But we all have to work to make a living and to make a contribution to our world. However, there are ways to […] The post How to Create the Life You Want to Wake Up To Every Day appeared first on paNASH Passion & Care...

With the end of another year AND another decade nearing, it’s time to get serious about your life and your career. You don’t have to have a lot of money or even a lot of time to invest in your future. But, you do need to start somewhere. There are several little things you can […] The post How to Make Smart Investments in Your Life and Career appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

This is a re-post of a previous blog of mine on the topic of interview ghosting. The post has gone viral on Medium, and I was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about the same topic this past summer. Since tomorrow is Halloween, I thought it would be appropriate to share it again, especially since […] The post Did You Get Ghosted After Your Interview? What to Do Now appeared first on paNASH Pa...

I have so many clients who come to me feeling burned out in their current job. For some of them it’s not from working too much. Instead it’s from working outside their gifting. For others, they love their job and company, but their employers treat them as machines instead of humans! Burned out from working […] The post How to Go From Burned Out to Fired Up! appeared first on paNASH Passion & Caree...

How to Enrich Your Life and Career with Lifelong Learning I’m currently learning how to land paddle. Last week one of my stand up paddle boarding friends gave me another lesson in it. Land paddling is similar to stand up paddle boarding on water, but it feels so different! It’s like being on a big […] The post Nobody Likes a Know-It-All. Be a Learn-It-All Instead! appeared first on paNASH Passion...

We’ve been in a good job market recently. But, companies do continue to downsize. I know because said companies often call me to provide outplacement counseling for their former employees as part of their severance packages. In working with them, many of these employees discover they’d rather work for themselves instead of working for someone […] The post Why You Need to Think Like an Entrepreneur...

You may be one of those lucky people who has a job that brings tremendous joy in your life. Most likely you’re one of many struggling to find joy in your work. While you may be temporarily stuck in what feels like a dead-end situation, that doesn’t mean you can’t use your own uniqueness to […] The post How to Be More Joyful in Your Work appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

Lately I’ve had several people contact me who’ve said, “I can’t seem to move up in my career. I keep taking on the same low-level jobs and don’t know how to get out of this cycle and move up to something better. I feel stuck!” Oftentimes there’s a simple explanation for this phenomenon. People take […] The post How to Move Up in Your Career appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

It’s the interview question every job candidate dreads: “What is your greatest weakness?” And there’s been a lot of bad advice out there telling candidates they should say things like, “I’m too much of a perfectionist.” Or, “I work too hard.” I call bullsh*t. And so does the interviewer who’s heard the same canned answer […] The post How to Answer “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?” appeared first o...

I’ve written many times about networking and the importance of making sure your efforts are a balance of give and take instead of just take. But today I want to dive deeper into this subject and focus on the “give” by teaching you how to be a good contact for someone else. In doing so, […] The post How to Stop Networking for Good Contacts and How to Be One! appeared first on paNASH Passion & Caree...

Patience. They say it’s a virtue. Probably because it’s something rare. In today’s world, we don’t have to be as patient because we’ve grown accustomed to technology that provides instant results. But patience is something I’ve been trying to learn for a very long time. I’m definitely seeing improvement, but I still have a long, […] The post How to Be Patient When You’re In Between Jobs appeared f...

For the past week and a half, the words “rest” and “burnout” keep coming up. Every conversation I’ve had this week has included the discussion of burnout and the need for rest from it. And just about every article I’ve read has mentioned the importance of rest and avoiding burnout. Perhaps this theme is circulating […] The post How to Know if Your Burnout Is Killing You appeared first on paNASH Pa...

Many of my clients come to me facing the daunting task of conducting a job search for the first time in 10 to 20 years and a lot has changed in that time. They are unaware of the modern interview advice available to them. This is because most of the interview advice floating around the […] The post Modern Interview Advice to Make You Stand Out From The Competition appeared first on paNASH Passion...

You know your current job is not a good fit for you. You feel stuck, so you went looking for something else. After sending out countless resumes and enduring grueling interviews you now have an offer on the table for a new job with a different company. You have a pen in hand ready to […] The post How to Tell If a Company Is a Good Fit for You appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

I’m not sure why career fairs still exist. Many are so ineffective for both candidates and recruiters. Yet companies continue to pour more money into them and candidates continue to pour more time into them. Companies spend tens of thousands of dollars on registration fees, travel, fancy displays, swag, and more to participate in career […] The post Are Career Fairs Worth Your Time and Energy? app...

As a career coach, I’m always responding to career-related questions with various tips and career advice. I recently received a question asking, “What are a few unique pieces of career advice nobody ever mentions?” This is a good one because there are a lot of possible answers to it, but I chose two answers to […] The post Career Advice No One Will Ever Share With You (Re-post) appeared first on p...

“Tell me about a time when…” UGH! Behavioral interview questions. No job seeker enjoys answering these questions. Myself included. They’re just as dreaded as the “What’s your greatest weakness?” question. I can remember back in grad school doing my first mock interview with the career center on campus. It was very intimidating, even more so […] The post The Secret to Answering Behavioral Interview...

Millennials and Gen Z’ers sometimes get a bad rap for not having the ability to appropriately handle unpleasant obstacles. But there’s one millennial who is defying all the stereotypes. Her name is Kristen Hadeed. She’s the owner of a successful business she started while in college which now employees over 600 people. She’s also the […] The post How to Avoid Stereotypes That Hurt Your Child’s Car...

Let me preface this post with the fact that I believe career and personality assessments can be very useful tools when used properly and at the appropriate time. I felt the need to state this upfront after I recently commented on a popular comedian’s spoof of the Enneagram. I thought his spoof was hilarious because […] The post How to Know When It’s NOT the Right Time for Career Assessments appear...

Be careful who you get your career advice from This post is in response to an article on Medium (“How to Get Your Dream Job Without Experience”) that shared a suggestion for how to overcome the common career catch-22: Not being able to get your dream job because you lack experience, and not being able […] The post How to Get Experience When You Can’t Get Hired Without It appeared first on paNASH P...

Shock is the reaction I usually get when I say what I’m about to say. Your résumé is not about you. Thinking it is, is one of the biggest mistakes you can make on your résumé. Here’s what I mean: A few weeks ago, I was working with two different people to help them polish […] The post How to Write a Resume: Make it About THEM, Not You appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career Coaching.

My freshman year of college I found myself struggling in my college algebra class. In fact, my entire class was struggling. That’s because our professor always let us out of class 20 minutes early and never assigned us any homework. At first we all thought this was great! What college freshman wouldn’t? But when it […] The post How to Know When It’s Time to Get Career Help appeared first on paNASH...

There are many wrong moves you can make in your career. We’ve all fallen on our faces a few times, especially during the learning curve of a new job. But some mistakes are worse than others. Today I’m focusing on some of the common mistakes that can ruin your career and how you can avoid […] The post How to Avoid Common Mistakes That Could Ruin Your Career appeared first on paNASH Passion & Career...