To rally those who have lost their jobs or are facing possible job loss in the current devastated economic climate, Quintessential Careers has created Job Action Day. Job Action Day, which is today, aims to empower workers and job-seekers to take proactive steps to shore up their job and career outlook.  As a blogger in this space, ...

A few months ago, I met Chandlee Bryan, a dynamic career expert who’s now blogging over at Career Hub.  Chandlee’s new post on career change echoes many of the questions we advice types have been getting since the economy first started nose-diving. How can I can my career in an alternative direction when I don’t have much experience?  ...

Here’s the second part of last week’s interview with happiness expert Gretchen Rubin, who has a terrific blog called The Happiness Project and is currently working on a memoir about her own quest for happiness. Alex:  Is happiness overrated?  If not, why is it so important? Gretchen:   I don’t think happiness is ...

Resolute (adj):  firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion. Tomorrow begins a New Year, and as such, it is the time of New Years Resolutions.  It’s a common joke that we Americans are very fond of making a list of items we want to achieve in the new year – from losing weight and getting in shape to taking a ...

In honor of the holiday season and the speaking engagement I recently did with Chicago Cares, an organization that creates unique volunteer experiences for individuals, businesses and organizations to help combat many of our community’s most urgent needs, this begins a two-part post on the benefits of volunteering, and how to balance volunteering ...

[ImageAttachment]   I just love this post from Pamela Slim over at Escape from Cubicle Nation.  The topic is talking about your career with your family over the holidays, and how to deal when your relatives don’t necessarily understand your plans.  Pam says:   Finding out which career or business best matches your life is ...

[ImageAttachment]   On the Brazen Careerist blog, Penelope Trunk has a post on money’s relationship to happiness.  She quotes Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University, who says once you have enough money to meet basic needs – food, shelter, etc. — incremental increases have little effect on your happiness. ...