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Sunset picture in the mountains of southern Arizona. A sharp hillside on the right shows the outline of saguaro cactus and a pergola dominates the foreground. Mountains are seen in the distance dark purple against the surrounding shades of orange and yellow.

Who Gets to Fail?

I’m pondering the nuances of failure. Last week, I posted on LinkedIn about what I perceived to be a lapse of judgement in picking the subject line of my newsletter for job seeker trying to change industries, “Take it With You“. I chose “Failure to Translate”, but when I opened the email on my phone,

Receipt for room reservation from Arbaspàa. Most of the text is in Italian with English translations. Arrival information at the bottom is Spanish, English, German and French.

Lost in Translation

Getting lost in translation is a problem for travelers and job seekers. It almost ruined the last few days of my honeymoon in Italy. My husband and I were going to spend the night in Manarola (one of the picturesque towns along the Mediterranean Sea that makes up Cinque Terre). We received an email confirmation,

Sara smiles as she stands behind a facade of monarch butterfly wings. Her head is in the place we designed so that a human head fits proportionally.

I’m Anti-Niche

THERE, I’ve said it! It’s in my LinkedIn headline but I’ve never taken the time to explain what I mean in a post In part, that’s because I’ve been a little nervous about the push back. After all, if you listen to entrepreneurship/freelancing advice, you’re almost certain to hear the message “find your niche to

Sara and her daughter hold up mugs with hot drinks (cappuccino with latte art for Sara and a hot chocolate for her daughter whose face is partially obscured as she takes a drink with her pinky up).

Tell the Chef I Sent You

One of my favorite parts of traveling is checking out local restaurants. Specifically, I love locally-owned coffee shops and wine tasting establishments. I enjoy these culinary outings even more when the location has been recommended by a friend. And I KNOW I’m into something good when someone recommends a place AND tells me, “And let

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Using Your Connections

When it comes to your job search, you might be surprised to find out who is most likely to help you find out about a new job you can apply for. It isn’t always your colleagues and close friends. It’s your second degree connections, the people you’d refer to as your acquaintances who are just

Life is a Highway

If my career is a journey, then I’ve filled my first passport with stamps and I’m working through book number two (or possibly three). I refer to myself as a Renaissance Woman because of my widely varied interests and the expertise I’ve gained from working in many industries and disciplines (not to mention all over

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You’re Enough

Do you remember the SNL skit with Al Franken and Michael Jordan? (Yes, I’m THAT old and if you have no idea what I’m talking about, check it out below). Al has Michael look into a mirror and recite the mantra, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.” In my

The word quality is written in a fancy cursive font in a pink color in the upper left. Next to it is a greater than sign and the word quantity is in a plan black font to the right of the symbol. Below quality is one large drawing of a computer with the word "job" in the center of the screen surrounded by green lines with black lines below representing text. To the right are nine small copies of the same image.

The Stalled-Out Search

One of the worst sounds you can hear during a job hunt is crickets. 🦗🦗🦗 You start the job search excited and perhaps nervous about where your next step will take you. You edit your resume and create a cover letter (possibly for the first time if you’re coming directly out of TV News) and

Word cloud with the largest words being communication, technical proficiency, self-motivation, time management, collaboration and adaptability

You Got Skillz!

Can you guess where this word cloud came from? (No scrolling down and cheating 😉) If you guessed these are the skills required to work in journalism (that’s what I would have thought as a former TV News person), guess again… I used my old pal Google and pulled text from more than a dozen