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“It must be my resume.” This is the universal answer I hear why my clients are stuck in the job search process. While your resume is really important, it represents only about 10% of the reason you're stuck. Job search is conceptually easy to understand but hard to...

Update as of 9-17-2020 to the original post as of 8-31-2020. Do You Take an Online Job When the HQ Location is Not Acceptable? As more and more Wall Street companies put pressure on employees to return to the office, I see a split with Tech. Wall Street will force...

There are a lot of big companies out there.  At some point in your career, don't you want to move to a younger company, say that started in 2017 as my client just did? He was at a very large financial shop doing quite well.  However, let's be realistic: dealing with...

Happy Sunday.  As a #careercoach, I am asked all the time by clients if they should take an online #job given the trend towards remote working. The question is a little complicated: If you have no other choice since you have a large employment gap, need to break into...

Hey Parents: Let us get your kid a job and out of your hair!

Super proud to announce that Marc Halpert and I have created a video program to help your college seniors and graduates get the right job and out of your house.  Marc W. Halpert is the 5th fastest growing LinkedIn coach.

Your kid just graduated from college in May. They might be trying to get a job, but they don't really know how the game is played. It is a game with rules that can be learned. The game's rules, however, have now changed during the pandemic. Maybe you're a little...

After a while, the sell-side simply doesn't pay enough if you are a risk-taker.  My client knew he had special ideas for making money with machine learning and all its complexities. He made the jump.  How did I help? Networked him into some of the largest quant hedge...

Amy Roland, host of amy@fashionablylatepodcast.com, asked me to talk about the power of networking.  How could I say no since networking is the best way to penetrate the hidden job market. Fashionably Late is a podcast about finding career fulfillment at any age. In...