NOTE: Yes, this is about public speaking in the pandemic. Someday, I hope we’ll be able to read these old missives and think “how quaint.” Back to school used to be easy Sometime in August, you would: scrape up the money to buy your kid(s) some notebooks and new clothes, check out their bus route (or figure out the Read More
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3 Things You Need for “The Great Resignation”
More People in the U.S. are Changing Jobs Right Now than Ever Before And if you’re not in the U.S., a whole lot of people may be changing jobs in your country, too. This moment is being called The Great Resignation. Why? It doesn’t mean—as I thought when I first heard of it—that we’re all resigning ourselves to some fate. Read More
Job Search? Don’t Let a Bad Attitude Screw You Up (Part 1)
A Critical Attitude toward Yourself Can Turn Other People Off Here’s an example of bad attitude toward yourself: I recently worked with a new job interview client—let’s call her Gina—who’s done some interesting short-term jobs, but doesn’t know what her future career should look like. Normally, we’d spend our 1:1 session time identifying options and Read More
How to Create a Good PowerPoint Presentation
(HINT: It doesn’t start with slides!) Lots of folks are going to disagree with me about this, but I think PowerPoint (or Keynote, the Mac equivalent) is a wonderful tool for mapping out a presentation. Used correctly, PowerPoint helps you: Capture your ideas, Shuffle them into sections, Flesh them out with (minimal) words and images, Read More
Should You Be Memorable or Precise?
Sometimes You Have to Choose I live across the street from two restaurant sheds* that take up five parking spots. That’s what a client of mine recently said in an interview about her New York City neighborhood. (*”Restaurant sheds” are outdoor dining areas located in parking spaces, driving lanes, or on public sidewalks.) I loved Read More