http://www.workcoachcafe.com A little career advice. Some job stories. A place to learn about career education. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 WorkCoachCafehttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/02/01/handling-those-job-search-blues/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/02/01/handling-those-job-search-blues/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:01 +0000 Susan http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5497 A long job search is a tough, miserable experience. Someone left a comment on this blog recently, and it ended up being a few paragraphs of woe-is-me statements. That’s OK – part of the reason for this blog, and what I’ve been trying to help people with for 15 years now. Let yourself have those [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/02/01/handling-those-job-search-blues/feed/ 8 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/23/starting-career-change/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/23/starting-career-change/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:44:12 +0000 Susan http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5395 The sub-title for this post should be “Don’t Make the Same Mistake I Made!” My biggest career mistake was when I was leaving my job at Harvard.  It was my second real job, and after working there for 5 years, I was tired of it,  even though it truly was a great place to work.  I wanted to [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/23/starting-career-change/feed/ 0 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/16/excited-to-join-the-new-work-coach-cafe-team-2/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/16/excited-to-join-the-new-work-coach-cafe-team-2/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:34:04 +0000 megguiseppi http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5444 For the past month or so, I’ve been anxiously hovering in the background ever since Susan told me that she was taking over Work Coach Café, this wonderful meeting place for job seekers and careerists that Ronnie Ann created. When Susan asked me if I’d be interested in joining the new WCC team, I was thrilled. [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/16/excited-to-join-the-new-work-coach-cafe-team-2/feed/ 5 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/08/workcoachcafe-continues-with-a-new-team/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/08/workcoachcafe-continues-with-a-new-team/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:36:07 +0000 Susan http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5381 Ronnie Ann has moved on to the next stage in her career and life.  This is good for her, and we all wish her well!  She has accomplished amazing things with WorkCoachCafe building a community of members who support each other and this blog. WorkCoachCafe is now my responsibility.  Ronnie Ann’s are the proverbial “big shoes” to fill, and I will do [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2012/01/08/workcoachcafe-continues-with-a-new-team/feed/ 8 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/27/my-own-career-change-leaving-work-coach-cafe/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/27/my-own-career-change-leaving-work-coach-cafe/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:29:05 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5344 After five years of blogging about career change, job search, job interviews, and work in general, I’ve decided it’s time for my own career transition. And so this will be my last post on Work Coach Cafe … at least for the foreseeable future. Luckily, cafes are warm places where one can drop by if [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/27/my-own-career-change-leaving-work-coach-cafe/feed/ 14 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/19/job-interview-prep-tips-success-moments/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/19/job-interview-prep-tips-success-moments/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:58:46 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5335 I’ve had  some comments lately from job seekers who got ambushed by their own work history. Or to be more precise, their inability during an interview to remember strong examples of things they actually did that would show their aptitude for the new job. Most job seekers at least have some inkling that they may [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/19/job-interview-prep-tips-success-moments/feed/ 2 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/13/recruiter-comment-on-how-to-handle-an-interview/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/13/recruiter-comment-on-how-to-handle-an-interview/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:34:46 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5316 I love it when people contribute to this blog based on their real world experience. That’s what Work Coach Cafe is all about. So I’d like to share some words of wisdom from a recruiter who is in the middle of his or her own job search and left a comment on 18 Practical Tips [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/13/recruiter-comment-on-how-to-handle-an-interview/feed/ 4 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/05/thank-you-notes-pardon-me-but-your-attitude-is-showing/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/05/thank-you-notes-pardon-me-but-your-attitude-is-showing/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:55:56 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5088 I know that job search is one of the most frustrating, at times ego-shattering, things a person can go through. You know you’re good. You know you will work hard. Why can’t they see that? So by the time you actually get to an interview, many job seekers are already stretched thin when it comes [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/12/05/thank-you-notes-pardon-me-but-your-attitude-is-showing/feed/ 6 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/29/please-keep-looking-while-waiting-to-hear-back-from-an-interview/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/29/please-keep-looking-while-waiting-to-hear-back-from-an-interview/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:52 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5299 I know that waiting to hear back from an interview is one of the hardest parts of the interview process, not only from personal experience but from all the comments readers have shared with us on Work Coach Cafe. Unfortunately, there are only so many actions you can take at that point related to the [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/29/please-keep-looking-while-waiting-to-hear-back-from-an-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/21/help-wanted-only-clones-need-apply/ http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/21/help-wanted-only-clones-need-apply/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:25:26 +0000 Ronnie Ann http://www.workcoachcafe.com/?p=5056 I just saw this quote: “When two people in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” Why? Because without disagreement or different ways of looking at things, effectively one person becomes a clone of the other. Very little extra value added, even if work gets done. And yet, in the world of recruiting and [...] http://www.workcoachcafe.com/2011/11/21/help-wanted-only-clones-need-apply/feed/ 8