Archive for the 'Career Development' Category
What does it take for a person with chronic illness to continue working ? And, if possible, to do so in a rewarding way? I’ve wrestled with this personally for over 30 years, and more recently in my professional life as a coach/writer/activist of sorts in the past 10 years. A recent New York Times [...]
The following is a guest blog by Erica Moss. Sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn can land you a job if used correctly — or ruin your chances if mishandled. The good news for those living with chronic illness is that these social networks make it easier than ever before to build a personal brand, [...]
Time for your new career?
Debilitating chronic illness can lead to twisting career turns to accommodate waxing and waning symptoms. Sometimes it means “reinventing yourself” to be able to keep working in some capacity. That was my story. After 25 years of working in multimedia (photographer, producer, production company v.p. sales , public school communications teacher and college professor), I [...]
LinkedIn and Illness
Someone recently asked me how I generate ideas for blog posts. Honestly, I’m rarely at a loss. Just the other day, a Twitter follower DM’d me (that’s twitter-speak for sent me a direct and private message) asking if I’d written a post on “whether or not to note one’s illness/involvement in an association on your [...]
I don’t know how many times I’ve written the words, “Chronic illness is unpredictable in how and when it will show up”. Each time I’m reminded of it, I shake my head in amazement. Because it’s so true. I just celebrated my 60th birthday and a client (I’ll call her Laurie) was asking what I [...]
Is career change for you?
Although I focus on the issues people with chronic illness face, healthy people face many of the same issues. And everyone can benefit from the expertise and insights of my fellow career collective bloggers. Scroll down to read what my fellow bloggers have included in this month’s topic: “Best advice for career changers“. At a [...]
Does this sound like you? Living with chronic illness and thinking about changing your career. But haven’t a clue how or where to start. Then my article, “Career planning when you live with chronic illness”, is what you need to get started. ( No surprise here – I outline a strategic approach.) It’s published in [...]
During a “check-in” with a client about his coaching engagement, he told me things were going well after 3 months. He described changes and how this was helping. But then he said that this wasn’t what he’d expected. “When we started, I assumed that within a few months, you’d do several career assessments, suggest a [...]
6 Ideas To Put In Your Toolbox
This month’s Career Collective Bloggers are writing about their favorite career resources. Scroll down to see what others have written on this topic. My clients primarily live with chronic illness. For the most part, the challenges they face fall into the same “categories” that healthy people face. The story and degree of difficulties might shift. [...]
If chronic illness impacts your work life, a job interview can feel like a massive hurdle you can’t climb over. But I’ve seen how much easier this becomes when you normalize your situation. What’s normal about chronic illness you ask? Nothing, really. But isn’t there more to you than just this illness? Here are two [...]
