[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18275213/height/90/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1363382/custom-color/000000″ height=”90″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In this Thursday solo Episode of Your Career Cure, Gail Tolstoi-Miller shares the #1 mistake candidates make when answering, Why did you leave the job? Gail provides the most … Continue Reading
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18241247/height/90/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/1363382/custom-color/000000″ height=”90″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] How do you improve from a good English speaker to a great English speaker? You might think that because you’re a native English speaker, you don’t need to be … Continue Reading
I considered every angle. Reviewed the mailing list. Labored over each word. Worked with my staff to ensure there were no typos. Had the links double-checked. Thought long and hard about the timing and the design. Then ruminated over it, for … Continue Reading
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” As a career coach, staffing strategist, recruiting executive and all-around observer of life, I have seen this adage played out time and time again. Well-connected, communicative personalities seem to land great … Continue Reading
Working 16 hours a day. Running from soccer match to soccer match. Rushing for appointments. Doing errands. Managing a workforce. Staying up until 4am playing catch-up. This is my life! As a CEO, career coach and staffing strategist, wife and … Continue Reading
Every morning, you wake up, dreading the workday ahead. Day after day is filled with anguish and drudgery. At first, you blame your boss or the company. You think, “if I just got a new job at another firm, I … Continue Reading
Are you a risk taker? If not, you probably believe that this personal characteristic has a negative connotation. Perhaps you think that risk takers are irresponsible, rash, accident-prone and dangerous. Well, I believe just the opposite – that there’s far … Continue Reading
{{unknown}}After years — sometimes decades — away from the working world, many women are trying to start a C.A.K. (aka Career After Kids.) I find myself coaching and counseling lots of them on their back-to-work worries: “Where do I find … Continue Reading
Have you ever been surprised to find out that one of your vendors was just acquired? Sometimes you don’t even learn this from your contact, but through a third party, or through the media. This recently happened to me with … Continue Reading
It never ceases to amaze me how many ways sports imitates business. Case in point: The hiring and firing on my beloved NY Red Bulls team. On January 7th, the New York Red Bulls fired their celebrated coach Mike Petke. … Continue Reading