The Accidental Manager: In some train wrecks you may be the train!
on Oct 26, 2009 in Foowater career advice career coaching career support career transitioning career workshops corporate strategies decision making job hunting job search leadership management management training new managers productivity professional development resumes training When talking about workplace “traumas” from senior management to the front desk, a common theme is ineffective managers and why they exist. Frequent complaints center on promotions stemming from seniority only, office politics or some other ‘Wh...

Painfully Employed: They got it bad and that aint good
on Sep 4, 2009 in Foowater car career advice career coaching career support career transitioning career workshops job hunting job search resumes When I was 13, I heard my great aunt say that she purchased an expensive car because she hated her job and needed an incentive to stay. Years later, when I struggled with my own discontent and watched others struggles with theirs, her words resonated...

Career Growing Pains: Some Grow UP and Some Grow Old
on Aug 7, 2009 in Foowater career advice career challenges career coaching career coahing career services career transitioning job hunting job search resume unemployed One definition of ‘challenge’ is a call to engage in a contest, fight, or competition.  We hear a lot about challenges these days, especially in reference to the economy…“These are challenging times or Especially in these economically challe...

Final Blog in Alum Series: Earning Interest May Earn Donations?
on May 28, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations alumni support behavioral interview beyond graduation support career challenges career services career workshops careercoach college college alumni college alumni activities college career centers college graduates college workshops corporate culture FOOW happyhour interview dress code interview questions interview tips job hunting job search jobcounselor jobs networking professionals resume action verbs resume help resume sample resume writing rocky job market sample thank you letter transitioning unemployment My nephew called to tell me about his new car and I shared my first car experience at 16: I told him that during the first night I kept looking out the window to verify that it was real. He laughed and admitted that he had done the same thing. When w...

From Career Train Wreck To Church Envelopes, and Back Again to Alums
on Apr 22, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations alumni support behavioral interview beyond graduation support career challenges career services career workshops careercoach college college alumni college alumni activities college career centers college graduates college workshops corporate culture FOOW happyhour interview dress code interview questions interview tips job hunting job search jobcounselor jobs networking professionals resume action verbs resume help resume sample resume writing rocky job market sample thank you letter transitioning unemployment My encounter with church envelopes taught me that in a career train wreck every light in the tunnel is not a way out. At the time, my job was a train wreck pile-up of unchallenging responsibilities coupled with bickering, backstabbing, and bitter co...

Alums…Preparing the Search for Satisfaction
on Apr 2, 2009 in Foowater alumni support beyond graduation support career challenges career services career workshops college alumni college alumni activities Preparation, Searching and Satisfaction are the lanes on the road to maturity. The ideal path would be: our parents prepare us for life, and then release us to search for who we are and what we want in the world. We stumble around for a while, eventu...

Alumni Outreach…Can they hear you now?
on Mar 16, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations alumni support career challenges career services college alumni activities college career centers college graduates college workshops The success of Alumni Associations depends on their ability to build relationships around the evolving needs of graduates with diverse interests and motivation.  Since it is difficult if not impossible to appeal to everyone, the challenge is how to...

Alums respond to “Have you ever used the Career Center Services?”
on Feb 26, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations alumni support career challenges career services college alumni activities college career centers college graduates college workshops The three “B’s” through college includes Before, Becoming and Beyond graduation. Before you begin, you pick a major and set out Becoming that by finishing the requirements. Beyond graduation the process of defining your success begi...

Solving for Y series –whY Alums connect or disconnect from their Alma Maters
on Feb 17, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations career challenges career services college college alumni activities college graduates transitioning Career Services + Alumni Relations = whY Alums connect or disconnect after graduation FOOW? asked Alums a series of questions about their Alma Maters’ support before and after graduation and how it has impacted their current relationship with...

FOOW? is Solving for whY
on Feb 6, 2009 in Foowater alumni associations college alumni college career centers rocky job market We are solving for whY in our upcoming Enews and Blog Series - NOW, THAN & LATER…. FOOW? asked Alums from 21-62 a series of questions about their Alma Maters’ support beyond graduation and they answered CANDIDLY. Our open ended questi...