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Why Networking Doesn’t Work
Why Networking Doesn’t Work To Land The Role You Want In Today’s Job Market In a world that often champions networking as the key to career success, it may come as a surprise that the traditional approach to networking isn’t as effective as it once was. While building...
Why Job Boards Don’t Work For Those Over Age 50
The Glorification of Busyness: Why Silence is the New Norm in Job Searches
“Busyness is often a facade that people put up to seem important or necessary.” When I was the head of recruiting for a well-respected brand consultancy, I witnessed firsthand the challenges that arise from a culture that glorifies busyness. In today’s fast-paced...
Why Top Performers Leave: The Leadership Failures That Drive Talent Away
Why Top Performers Leave: Why Leadership Failures Drive Top Talent Away Why top performers leave isn't a mystery—it's a leadership failure. In 2025’s hyper-competitive job market, businesses that fail to humanize their work culture will struggle with employee...
Why Top Performers Leave: The Leadership Failures That Drive Talent Away
Why Top Performers Leave: Why Leadership Failures Drive Top Talent Away Why top performers leave isn't a mystery—it's a leadership failure. In 2025’s hyper-competitive job market, businesses that fail to humanize their work culture will struggle with employee...
How “Consciously Uncoupling” Became the Go-To Way to Quit Your Job
Why Top Performers Leave – And Why Your Company Doesn’t Care When top performers quit a job, they wrestle with guilt, anxiety, and fear of what others will think. They replay scenarios in their heads, wondering if they are betraying their team, abandoning their...
The Truth About Exit Interviews: Why You Should Never Look Back
Stop Falling For This Corporate Trap Exit interviews are NOT about you. They’re about protecting the company and not improving it for your colleagues and friends who don’t leave "Jerry Maguire style" with you. I'm teasing, of course, but for the literal folks out...
Job Search After 50: Why Job Boards Are a Trap
Age Discrimination Is Built Into the System “Age discrimination is so pervasive that people don’t even recognize it’s illegal.” — AARP The job search has changed dramatically for brilliant folks over 50. You feel it, don’t you? You’ve spent decades building a career,...
Interviewing Myths: Why Networking Won’t Get You Hired in 2025
Interviewing Myths: Why Networking Won’t Get You Hired in 2025 Whenever I speak with a job seeker about their interviewing the first thing they share with me is that they're networking with colleagues and emailing everyone they can on LinkedIn. I feel like Jack...
Job Boards Deliver Burnout Not Interviews
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