Recently, I’ve had several clients looking for jobs while pregnant. In America, it’s a uniquely stressful experience –not because of a fear of discrimination, which is itself omnipresent—but because even if basic compensation details are present in a job description,...
I haven’t shared much in the last several months. Like many, the omicron variant threw our family into turmoil. Between Christmas and March, our daughter was in school a total of six days due to a horrible mix of classroom shut downs, quarantine mandates,...
The relative quietness in job searching around the holidays can feel uneasy, especially when you’ve already decided that you are ready for a new working experience as soon as humanly possible. While you’re riding out the next few weeks, know that there’s good reason...
It happens to everyone at some point. We have no control over an inevitable rejection. We can do everything in our power to submit well-crafted application materials, interview flawlessly, and use our network to try to leverage an offer. Even with all of that,...
We have been hearing justifications from rigid employers on why they insist that eventually, even after over 18-months of the Great Work from Home Experiment, employees must return to the office. For over a year, employers have pointed to a loss of culture,...
This summer has brought a persistent sense of déjà vu. In July of last year, my former employer began planning for a mandatory return to office policy for after Labor Day. Labor Day 2020 feels like a lifetime ago. But we all remember how it played out. The date...
