Category Archives: Editorial

How Families Feel the Pain of Job Loss

By Karen Kodzik | Published: October 29, 2010

Over the course of the past few weeks I have had the honor to sit with families of job seekers and hear how the job loss has effected them. They spoke of helplessness in not knowing how to help the job seeker. They spoke of fear in not knowing when the job hunt will [...]

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Loyal Survivors May Not Survive in the Long Run

By Karen Kodzik | Published: October 8, 2010

Over the past few years we have seen an unprecedented recession that brought deep lay offs to many if not most companies. The employees that kept their jobs are referred to as the survivors. These are the people that helped keep things running. These are the loyal and dedicated ones who took [...]

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Miserable at work? Understand the source.

By Karen Kodzik | Published: September 13, 2010

When we are miserable at work it is often difficult to know why, we just want it to get better. Job dissatisfaction often boils down to 1 of 3 things.
1. Job. When the job we are doing no longer matches our skills and strengths we become frustrated. When we can no longer [...]

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Sept. 2, 2010 StarTribune: Employers hiring, they’re taking their time

By Karen Kodzik | Published: September 2, 2010
Minneapolis StarTribune

After reading this article in today’s Strib, I couldn’t help but comment based on real life examples. At any given time I work with and meet dozens of job seekers every week and have a very close pulse on the movement within the local job market.
Here is what I am seeing in the job [...]

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Kare 11 interview – Must Have Qualities for Leaders

By Karen Kodzik | Published: July 7, 2010
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