Career Transitions

Turning chaos into careers.

Katharine Brooks Ed.D.

The Value of Keeping Track of What You Do at Work

We seldom take the time to think about what we actually do all day—and quite often, it’s more than we realize.

Is My Job Still a Good Fit?

Completing and comparing these two lists can help you determine whether or not your job is as good a fit as you think it is.

The Career-Boosting Power of Lists

Lists are a great way to clarify your thoughts, uncover new information, learn what’s important, make decisions, and organize your plans.

Using Pinterest to Enhance Your Job Search

Pinterest can provide helpful information, motivation, humor, and guidance in your job search.

Deliver Your Talents: Making Yourself Invaluable at Work

If you're currently employed or in school, you're in the "Deliver Your Talent" phase where you have the opportunity to demonstrate your skills—and develop even more.

Designing the Path to Your Career

Think of this stage as a GPS tracker—what actions do you need to take to get from where you are to where you want to be?

Developing Your Vision of the Future

This portion of the 4D process can be energizing if you take the opportunity to look at what your life could be.

Exploring and Discovering Your Strengths

Give yourself the gift of time to explore your interests, personal strengths, skills, and values. The payoff will be worth the investment. 

A Lifelong Career Development System

No matter where you are in the career development process, this system will help you set goals, make decisions, and move forward. 

Parents and the College Student Job Search

Not sure when or how to help your college student with their job search? These 10 tips can point you (and your child) down the path to career success.

Strategies for Blogging and Podcasting

They can be a lot of fun—and you just might find a new passion and new career opportunities.

Blogging and Podcasting as a Career Strategy

Blogging and podcasting can greatly enhance your visibility and career. Here are five key questions to ask yourself.

Using Online Learning to Enhance Your Career

Taking an online course might just be the ticket to a promotion, a new job, or a more fulfilling life.

A Career-Building Summer for College Students

Your summer experiences can help you clarify your future career plans—and provide great stories for future job interviews.

Marketing for Introverts

No matter what field you're in, you're a marketer. And that can be hard when you're also an introvert.

Your Distracted Mind at Work, Part 2

Distracted all the time? Here are ten tips to improve your focus and increase flow.

Your Distracted Mind at Work, Part 1

The frenzy is here to stay. But we can learn to cope and improve our attention and focus.

Using Envy to Your Advantage

Envy can be the first step to a happier future. Instead of comparing yourself negatively to others, develop a plan to make your life one that others will envy.

Shadow Careers: Stuck, or Smart?

It’s easy to assume all individuals who are not actively pursuing their artistic visions or passions are living shadow careers. And that’s just not true.

The Secret Mindset for a Meaningful Career and Life

Turning Pro is a mindset, a philosophy, and a practice. Maybe it's time you turned pro.

5 Tips to Turn Your Love of Reading Into a Career

How to make a career out of loving to read.

How to Plan Your Career

Are you a Plotter, a Pantser, or somewhere in between? Your career plan needs to fit you.

Rejection and the Job Search

Learning to handle rejection is one of most important skills you can develop in your job search.

Anxiety at Work

Do you feel like you have two people living inside your head? One is logical and calm and the other is dramatic and noisy? You might just be dealing with anxiety.

Emotions at Work

How do you react when presented with a new idea or change in your workplace? Could you be addicted to your emotions?

Reclaim Your Purpose at Work Now

Reclaiming your purpose is at once simple and complex. How or why did it disappear? What changed in your life or your job? And what can you do to get it back?

Your Career and the Tyranny of the Shoulds

The word "should" creates two selves: an ideal self and a real self. Here’s how to escape the tyranny.

Changing Careers? Do This First

Career transitioners often make one key mistake: they do not put themselves in the new role before they interview for the position.

How Writing Can Save Your Career

If traditional solutions to workplace stress aren't working anymore, try writing. You may be surprised at what you learn about yourself and your work.

Find Money and Meaning By Balancing Practicality and Passion

When people feel trapped in a job it’s often a function of a fixed mindset which assumes that everything is static and can’t be changed.

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