Category Archives: Advice

Are you a Job Jumper?

By Karen Kodzik | Published: January 26, 2012
How long you stay in a job and how it is viewed in the job market has shifted over time.  In days of old the longer you stayed in a job, the more favorably you were looked at as someone who is loyal and can keep a job.  Now if you have been in a job over 10 years [...]
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Making Sure Your References Are Not Sabbatoging Your Search

By Karen Kodzik | Published: January 16, 2012
Well intended people can often do the most damage.  This is often the case when it comes to the people who have agreed to be your references.  Good references need to be carefully selected and well coached. When it comes to selecting your references, here are a few guidelines. 1. Choose people who have seen you work.  People in [...]
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What’s New in Job Search

By Karen Kodzik | Published: January 9, 2012
From a distance is doesn’t seem like a lot has changed in job search.  Some job search coaches talk about resumes sprinkled with key words and accomplishments, others preach the wonders of networking.  Highly coached job seekers are finding themselves branded, packaged and search engine optimized.  All this may be very new to someone who hasn’t looked for a job in [...]
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New Year – New Job

By Karen Kodzik | Published: December 26, 2011
Whether you are in a job or in between jobs, whether you are professing it to everyone you know or saying it silently to yourself,  you are one of millions this New Year resolving to get a new job.   It’s been too long being in the hunt or being in a place that is sucking the life out of you.  It’s [...]
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Fear: The Unspoken Barrier to Job Change

By Karen Kodzik | Published: December 22, 2011
Many children are afraid of the dark.  Many adults are afraid of the unknown.  People on the cusp of or in the throes of job transition often become immobilized by their fear.  I see working professionals stay in horrible jobs and toxic work environments because they fear that something better doesn’t exist. They have succumb to their situation and [...]
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