Teachers in Transition: Career Change and Real Talk for Burned-Out Teachers

Send us Fan Mail This is the time of year that many teachers are feeling more stressed than ever. There is so much to do and so little time in which to get it all done! For some, it may be time to ask for help. But in this episode, Kitty shares her perspective about how and whom you should ask for help if you decide you need it. If you are feeling overstressed and overwhelmed, you may need to talk...

Send us Fan Mail People are usually so focused on getting through the interview in the job search process that they aren't thinking about the next step which is to negotiate their salary. It probably isn't a great idea to take a job without discussing the negotiables like salary, work terms, and benefits. In this episode of "Teachers in Transition," Kitty offers some sage advic...

Send us Fan Mail One cause of stress is the lack of healthy boundaries both at work and home.  In this series on how to better manage your stress, especially if you are a teacher finishing up the last months and weeks of the school year, Kitty deals with the importance of setting boundaries at work.  Listen to specific tips that she offers on how to set--and keep--boundaries that will ultimately g...

Send us Fan Mail Most people don't realize that it is just as important to prepare properly for an interview as it is to execute it with precision. Listen to Kitty talk this week about how you need to prepare and what you need to do to make sure you make the best possible impression during your interview whether it is in person or online. For more help on how to prepare for an interview, make...

Send us Fan Mail Stress can show up in lots of different ways and forms, and procrastination can be the cause of a lot of stress. Putting things off until the last minute, missing important deadlines because you waited too long to start on something for work--these are the varying ways that procrastination can cause problems for people that lead to stress. In this episode of "Teachers in Tran...

Send us Fan Mail Informational interviews are a great way to learn about jobs you may be interested in, as well as what it is like to work for a particular company or in a particular industry. In this episode, Kitty talks about the best strategy for setting up and executing an informational interview as part of the job search process. To reach out to Kitty, email her at kittyboitnott@gmail.com.  C...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Kitty talks about another way to help teachers better manage their stress. This time of year (spring) can become extremely stressful with all the preparation for testing, and the actual testing, not to mention all the other end-of-year events that take place in any given year. In this episode of "Teachers in Transition," Kitty talks about how...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Kitty brags on three of her clients who have just landed new jobs in the last couple of weeks. This is significant because the pandemic has slowed down the hiring process, and the last "success story" Kitty knew about from any of her clients was from last May when a client landed the job of her dreams. These three individuals were successful...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of "Teachers in Transition," Kitty continues in her series on dealing with the stress of the remaining months and weeks of the school year. This week, she talks about what you may need to do if you find yourself working in a toxic environment. A toxic environment is generally thought of as a place where you don't feel supported and, indee...

Send us Fan Mail If you are looking at a job description and considering if you are a good "fit" for it or not, you might want to consider the questions Kitty asks in this week's episode of "Teachers in Transition." Resources that were mentioned in the episode include: Udemy.com O*net Jobscan.co Wordle.net or Tagcrowd Jumpstart Your Job Search for 2021 for Teachers Webinar...

Send us Fan Mail This year has been a profound stress for many teachers, whether they were teaching in-person, hybrid, or virtually. Many have thought about quitting. Others have tried to find ways to manage and mitigate stress. This week's episode is a continuation of the series on stress that Kitty started a couple of weeks ago. And today, she touched on the healthy habits one should practi...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Kitty reflects on two interactions she had with teachers who are changing jobs. The first individual was still struggling with what he wanted to do next in his career, and the second individual had shared a resume that came through email as a jumble instead of a formatted resume. There are two take-aways from this episode. If you want to change your jo...

Send us Fan Mail For the next several weeks, during episodes when Kitty concentrates on stress management tips, she is going to be offering specific tips from a presentation that she is planning to help teachers manage their stress during the final months of the school year. With all the emphasis on testing and the added stress that COVID has added, teachers may be more stressed this year than eve...

Send us Fan Mail When you start to think about changing your job or career, you can't just make the change overnight. It's a process that may take some time and one part of the process is doing some deep thinking about what you want in your life and career. This is a good time to do some self-assessments, and there are plenty to choose from. The most recent tool I have become familiar wi...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Kitty talks about the level of stress so many people feel in the world of COVID and all that goes with it. She suggests that you can imagine a continuum of 1 to 10 to gauge your own stress level if you are on the lower end of the spectrum, somewhere between 2-4, congratulations! You are doing great! If you are around 5 to 7, you need to do some extra things to tend to y...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is based on an article that is entitled,  "5 Tips for Finding and Landing a New Job in 2021, According to Glassdoor's CEO, " written by  Courtney Connley and published January 7, 2021. Posts referred to in this episode: "5 Tips for Finding and Landing a New Job in 2021, According to Glassdoor's CEO," by Courtney Connley:   htt...

Send us Fan Mail When we are stressed, it is not unusual for it to negatively impact our ability to sleep. But sleep is critical to our ability to cope with stress and to stay as productive and creative as possible, avoiding the cranky irritability that goes with not getting the quantity or quality of sleep we need. In this week's episode, Kitty talks about an article she found that offers so...

Send us Fan Mail My former career coach was fond of saying, "Every job is temporary," and "You are a business of one." She meant that given the fast-paced changes in the economy, becoming too dependent upon a job with benefits is not a good idea because that job and those benefits can disappear pretty quickly when things change. In this week's episode, I stress the importa...

Send us Fan Mail Well, 2021 has gotten off to quite a rocky start, but since this week's topic is about stress management, I am offering information about how to manage stress using a PDF from the World Health Organization, and I am providing some links to material that you might find useful as you work your way through your own emotional response to what has been happening in the news this p...

Send us Fan Mail If 2021 is your year for looking for and finding a new job or career. you will want to tune in to today's episode along with future 2021 episodes where Kitty will be offering advice on how to jumpstart your job search in 2021. You want to be sure to start with developing the mindset of a job seeker and then learn the components of a successful job search. When trying to decid...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode offers a "so long 2020" and a welcome to 2021. Let's celebrate that it's time to enter a brand new year with hopes for improved opportunities to get together in person at last. This is also a time for reflection on the old and considering what you want to change in the new year, so this week, Kitty offers a post on how to create your co...

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Send us Fan Mail As a Heart-Centered Career Transition and Job Search Coach, my approach to career coaching a little different, I think, from the average, run-of-the-mill career coach. I start by asking each of my clients to ponder what they want to do rather than what they think they might be "qualified" to do or what they might be willing to settle for in their next career. Why? Becaus...

Send us Fan Mail In November, I received an invitation from Sharon Coleman , "The Joy Mentor, " to be part of her "Winning the Happiness Game Summit." You might remember that I offered an invitation to sign up for the summit a few weeks ago. We also talked about the following topics:  7 Tips to build resilience Permit yourself to consider your happiness at work How to transitio...

Send us Fan Mail Many people think that when the holidays arrive, that means they have to take a holiday away from job hunting but that is not the case. You can lose too much momentum and important time if you take a break now. So, if you are job hunting, keep it up. If you are just starting, go ahead and start. Make good use of this time and who knows? Companies are still hiring. You might be luc...