mid-career professionals

MYF Interview: Doug Foresta

by Jenny on May 18, 2011

I met Springfield, Massachusetts-based Doug Foresta when he found me on LinkedIn (ahem) and approached me to be a guest on his blog talk radio show, “The Doug Foresta Show.” In doing my homework to decide whether I wanted to be on the show (YES!) and then in preparation for the appearance, I listened to several interviews [...]

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[Note: For the first time ever, I am putting the same post on both MoveYouForward.com and YourIndustryInsider.com. Everyone can benefit from this post. Read on!] Not long ago, I did a post on why everyone needs a resume, even YOU. It’s the single most valuable bit of career advice I give to clients, friends, and associates. [...]

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Why Everyone Needs a Resume – Even YOU

by Jenny on April 27, 2011

I have this conversation frequently these days. It’s usually with people who’ve called me to talk about my resume-writing service, so they know something is up. But this topic also comes up with friends and business associates. One of two things usually brings it up: 1)      I will mention an opportunity that would be just [...]

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I love this post from Dave Navarro, the personal productivity and internet launch coach with the same name as a famous guitarist. I consider myself as an independent thinker, able to separate everyone else’s agenda from my own and to stay firmly attuned to the latter. But then I read this post and I realize, [...]

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How Do You Define Career Satisfaction?

by Jenny on January 1, 2010

Here’s a good question to start your year off: How do you define career satisfaction? My career has a few pieces to it, which I think is part of my career satisfaction. I enjoy juggling several different tasks at one time and each of the “jobs” I do feeds me in a different way.  As [...]

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For the Record, We Did Not Forget to Have Kids

by jennyym on April 28, 2009

I am of a generation with a large population of women who had or are having- or are trying to have- children later in life. The second half of our 30s- and sometimes at the beginning of our 40s- is when we are ready. We have been chastised, as a group, for waiting too long, [...]

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