by Becky Berry | Apr 8, 2016 | Career Coaching
Did you hear about the person who wrote a blog post and made $100K? I see these articles all the time. Maybe you do, too. Here’s the thing. I never believe it. Sure, I want to believe it, but I know better. Miracles don’t exist? I always look for an interview...
by Becky Berry | Apr 2, 2016 | Career Coaching
Spring. Sunny days, clear, dry air. You want to be outside all the time. But you have to work, right? Bloom! There it goes! Has this ever happened to you? You’re working on a project, not quite sure of where you’re going with it or how it fits into your work or life,...
by Becky Berry | Mar 26, 2016 | Career Coaching
Independence, stability, status, practicality, location, competition, knowledge, creativity, diversity, recognition, affiliation, team work. What do these words have in common? They are all different work values. Work values The trick to finding lasting job...
by Becky Berry | Mar 20, 2016 | Career Coaching
I’m addicted to change. For years, I’d work somewhere for 6 months, be bored out of my mind, quit, then find another job. Everyone told me I was nuts, I’d never find a good job if I didn’t stay at my jobs longer. Leverage your skills But I just couldn’t do it. I...
by Becky Berry | Mar 12, 2016 | Career Coaching
You sit down to start working – on homework, a project. You open the app you’ll be working in, and it happens. You remember there was this other thing you needed to get done. You rustle around on your desk and find that yellow sticky note where you wrote down the...
by Becky Berry | Mar 5, 2016 | Career Coaching
Let go of other people’s expectations of your life and work. Let go of other people’s opinions of your choices. Let go of your old tapes that say you can’t do the work you want to do. Let go of “But, I don’t know how!” Let go of the noise in your head...
by Becky Berry | Feb 27, 2016 | Career Coaching, Productivity
You don’t have to get up at 5:30 in the morning. You don’t have to exercise first thing in the morning. You don’t have to write an hour every day. You don’t have to take 3 AP courses. You don’t have to concentrate on one task for hours at a time. You don’t have to be...
by Becky Berry | Feb 20, 2016 | Career Coaching
This is my 7th career. Yes, seventh. And it wasn’t part of some grand career plan. I never planned to become a career coach, certainly not in college! The only coaches we knew about in college were athletic coaches. Actually, I didn’t have a career plan when I...
by Becky Berry | Feb 14, 2016 | Career Coaching
How do you stand out from the crowd of people out there applying for jobs? Know who you are and how to talk about you. Some people call this understanding your personal brand. I call it understanding and presenting your story. Depending on the stage of your life, it...
by Becky Berry | Feb 7, 2016 | Career Coaching, LinkedIn, Networking
Here’s the deal. While you’re in college you have a chance to figure out a direction you want to pursue. Even if you don’t know exactly what job you want when you graduate, I know that you have an idea of what you want to do. Now is the time to be brave and take a...
