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An exciting new chapter for CSG!
Nearly 10 years ago, my husband and I took the dive and bought a property to house my business: 430 Stover Street, a small house built in 1905 that had been converted to an office a few years earlier. The warmth and charm of the place was nearly too much to resist, and a small inheritance from my grandfather took care of the down payment. Plus, I figured, with the increased visibility of the office’s location at the corner of Mulberry and Stover, sales would grow enough to cover the mortgage. There was a huge snowstorm the day we closed on the property. Being the new owners, it was our...
read moreAre you clear on your focus?
“What kind of work are you targeting?”, I asked Mark, a young client, as part of his mock interview exercise. “Ah, I hate this question,” he replied, “I never know how to answer it.” His response surprised me, because we’d just spent months working together to define a motivating, good-fit career focus. When I asked why he hadn’t described that in his answer, he said, “I don’t know if I’m going to actually be able to land that kind of work, and it feels silly saying it.” I think of this as Gotta-Get-Used-to-It syndrome, where as we move into a new life phase, it feels so awkward we have a...
read moreThe Power To Explore Career Growth
Recently I interviewed two professionals working at Colorado State University about their strategies for maintaining thriving careers. They’ve both worked at the institution for over 10 years, and while they like the stability an organization like CSU can offer, they’re also driven to keep their work interesting and expanding. This ties to the concept of wanting a level of certainty in our lives, such as having a predictable source of income and knowing our jobs well enough to do them successfully, while also desiring an element of uncertainty around, “What can I do next?” Achieving a...
read moreShould you accept that job?
Not long ago, I got this question from a client about how to respond to a job opportunity: “I just received an offer for a position. I have some concerns however. They are looking for long-term employees and I am not sure it’s the kind of work I want to do. Also, the commute would be far so I would probably need to move. How do I differentiate not being excited about the job from the reluctance of all the other changes I would have to make in my life for it?” I suggested that he answer these questions to help with his decision making: – “Is this a role and industry that are of high...
read moreA look ahead at 2017.
Year after year (since 1993) I’ve been in the unique position of hearing first-hand from hundreds of career-minded Coloradoans what’s going on with the local economy and its employers. Based on that, these are my predictions for the world of work in NoCo for 2017: – Businesses will continue to increase their efforts to improve employees’ working experiences. We live in a boom city in a boom state–very lucky we are! But that translates to a tight market for experienced candidates. Employers who are motivated to keep rock-star workers will continue to raise the bar on how...
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