Oct05, 2014

Will Power Posing Get You the Job?

By |October 5th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, Interviews, Job search|Comments Off on Will Power Posing Get You the Job?

If you haven’t yet watched social psychologist Amy Cuddy’s TED talk “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are” I highly recommend you do so, especially if you have a job interview coming up.

In the talk, Cuddy references power poses (along the lines of laying back in your chair with arms open wide) and how these can

Jul12, 2014

5 Reasons Why People Do NOT Want to Help You (With Your Job Search)

By |July 12th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, Job search, Networking|Comments Off on 5 Reasons Why People Do NOT Want to Help You (With Your Job Search)

Do you feel like you’re banging your head against a wall trying to get people to respond to your requests for job search help or informational interviews? Here’s a list of reasons why people in your network may be reluctant to help you.

While you can’t control all factors, you can influence the process and start

Jun23, 2014

Are You My Accountability Partner?

By |June 23rd, 2014|Enhancing career skills, featured, Job search, Tools / Exercises|Comments Off on Are You My Accountability Partner?

Just like running a marathon or achieving a weight loss goal, it helps to have someone to keep you accountable when it comes to job searching. I call this an accountability partner or job search buddy. When women I’m working with on job searches are having a hard time staying on track, I match them up

May15, 2014

Five Questions for Kat Griffin of Corporette.com

By |May 15th, 2014|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Five Questions Q & A, Purpose|Comments Off on Five Questions for Kat Griffin of Corporette.com

When the Love Your Job blog received its highest number of hits in five years last month from a small mention on Corporette.com, a site dedicated to fashion and career advice for corporate women, I had to learn more about the site and its founder Kat Griffin. A former attorney, Kat started Corporette in 2008

May11, 2014

How Long Does it Take to Find a Job You Love? Secrets of My Success: Profile of Five Women

By |May 11th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, featured, Job search, Secrets of My Success, Success|Comments Off on How Long Does it Take to Find a Job You Love? Secrets of My Success: Profile of Five Women

How long do you have to wait before the right job comes along? In my experience, it depends on a range of factors. The right job may arrive quickly or it could take some time.

I lead quarterly coaching groups for women jobseekers in NYC. When I realized that all five participants in the November/December 2012 Love

May04, 2014

Five Favorite Networking Tips for Introverts

By |May 4th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, Networking|Comments Off on Five Favorite Networking Tips for Introverts

I was recently asked about the best ways for introverts to become more comfortable with networking. Given it’s such an important part of a job search process and career growth in general, it’s helpful to figure out strategies that will work best for you. As a no-longer-ashamed introvert, I offer the following tips:

1. Remember networking

Apr08, 2014

Why Women Lawyers Leave

By |April 8th, 2014|Discovering Passions and Interests, Enhancing career skills, Events, Job search, Purpose, Workplace|Comments Off on Why Women Lawyers Leave

Later this month, my colleague Jennifer Bird and I will be leading our seventh workshop for women attorneys considering a career change, whether within the law or outside the law altogether.

For those outside the law, it’s hard to understand why someone would consider walking away from a high salary in such a well-respected profession. Yet

Mar28, 2014

Lessons Learned from Painful Post Interview Feedback

By |March 28th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, Interviews, Job search|Comments Off on Lessons Learned from Painful Post Interview Feedback

Recently, I suggested to a client that she may want to ask for feedback after receiving a generic rejection letter following a second interview. I’ve written previously about the value of asking for feedback after a job interview process where you do not get the job, especially for a position you truly wanted. Usually this is

Mar20, 2014

Lean Out, Lean In: Law Firms Making it Easier to Re-Enter the Workforce

By |March 20th, 2014|Enhancing career skills, featured, Job search, Success, Workplace|Comments Off on Lean Out, Lean In: Law Firms Making it Easier to Re-Enter the Workforce

I have not written a post in some time but was inspired to do so when I saw this reference in a recent New York Times article to a program that provides women lawyers returning to the workforce (after years spent caring for children or other family members) with paid internships at top New York

Mar09, 2014

“Real Happiness at Work” is an Inside Job

By |March 9th, 2014|Book Review, featured, Purpose, Self-Care and Personal Well-Being, Tools / Exercises, Workplace|Comments Off on “Real Happiness at Work” is an Inside Job

When LYJ client Olivia Greene* mentioned that she was feeling happier at work as a result of reading meditation teacher and author Sharon Salzberg’s latest book, I asked her if she would write a review, sharing some of her biggest takeaways.

Here’s Olivia’s guest post:

In Real Happiness at Work, Sharon Salzberg’s first question to her readers is,