Category: blog

Cupcakes and Cattle Breeding: Teens Turn to Summer Start-Ups

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 15,2009 By SUE SHELLENBARGER Lexie Oliver, 16, has been trying for weeks to get a summer job, to earn spending… Read more »

Twelve Years Down the Drain

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal April 9,2009 By Elizabeth Wurtzel The credit crisis has cost us a dozen years’ wealth in a matter of months. Anyone… Read more »

The Art of Your Story

This article originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal March 30, 2009 By Alexandra Levit Working on your `story’ is a major part of what we do together as we… Read more »

Hate Networking? Don't Do It!

Social networking, networking events, speed networking, alumni networking. That overused term — Networking… it’s enough to make anyone overwhelmed and stuck. Especially if you’re someone who has been working steadily,… Read more »

The GRE: A Game of Chess

Here’s our latest blog from our guest blogger. If you’re thinking about graduate school this is a must read. Our blogger did such a great job on her GRE and… Read more »

How Are the Guys Doing?

I work with a lot of men and have been thinking a lot about what male ‘issues’ vs. female ‘issues’ are. There have been a lot of things written lately… Read more »

What Have We Got For You?

I’m very curious about what’s happening ‘out there’. I read in today’s LA Times in a letter to the editor that this person can’t believe that even 30% of employed… Read more »

March 2009 Newsletter

Daisy Swan & Associates – March Madness (or, not…) What’s Inside: Welcome & Introduction, by Daisy Swan, MA, CPCC: The Los Angeles Career Counselor & Coach Lessons I’ve learned that… Read more »

Five Key Steps After a Layoff

This article is from The Wall Street Journal By Karen Blumenthal Published: February 25, 2009 Original Source One of the worst parts of being laid off is coping with fear… Read more »

Your Stimulus Plan

Wow. This has been some ride lately. If you’re reading this you may be looking for ways to cope with having been laid off, downsized, right sized, wrong sized, fired,… Read more »