In my last blog, I gave you some tips to get started on your job search – commit to...
Author Archive for: Karen Colligan
5 Tips to Jump Start Your Job Search
Karen Colligan, Career, Career planning, Job search, Career, job opportunity, job search, 0If you’ve been putting off looking for a new opportunity because of summer play and the kids being out...
Overcoming the Barriers to Your Success
Karen Colligan, Career planning, Learning, Life, The Get Real Guide to Your Career, Career, Get Real Guide to Your Career, life, 0In this crazy world where we are so busy trying to get things done (due yesterday!) and, frankly, a...
Avoiding that Difficult Conversation? Don’t!
Karen Colligan, Communication, conflict resolution, communication, fear, 0If you’ve got a difficult conversation brewing and you keep putting it off, you are not alone. According to...
Invest in Your People – Invest in Your Future
Karen Colligan, Engagement, Leadership, People, Performance, Professional development, Succession planning, Uncategorized, bench strength, employee satisfaction, leadership, people, 0Employee engagement has been a hot topic for awhile now, with some pretty staggering statistics around engaged vs. disengaged...
Succession Planning – Not a Nice-to-Have, a MUST-HAVE
Karen Colligan, Career planning, Leadership, Professional development, Succession planning, leadership, strategy, 0Companies succeed in large part because of strong leadership. Yet, according to a recent succession planning survey by Human...
Preparing for an Interview? Avoid These “No-No’s”
Karen Colligan, Career, Interviewing, Job search, Career, interview, job search, 0You would think that a person would strive to be sensible when they are in job interview mode. Sorry...
Dare to Dream – About YOUR Possibilities!
Karen Colligan, Career, Life, life, opportunity, working on a dream, 0When was the last time you allowed yourself to just sit still, let your mind run wild, and dream...
Focus on the Future: Develop the “Soft Skills”
Karen Colligan, Career planning, Learning, Professional development, Uncategorized, Career, personal development plan, 0There’s an old saying among recruiters and other hiring professionals – “Hire for attitude, train for aptitude.” Yet how...
Do you ever wish that you could call up the person you were 20 years ago and share of...
Stress at Work – 5 Tips for Managing It
Karen Colligan, Career, Life, Uncategorized, Work-life balance, Career, life, personality types, 0A recent survey by Towers Watson showed that stress is the number one workforce risk factor. Not at all...
Attention Interviewers: No One Is Perfect!
Karen Colligan, Interviewing, Job search, Leadership, People, interview, job search, people, 0The job interview process has turned into the “perfection process.” It used to be that if you had 80%...