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Tue 27 Oct 2009

Ask the Experts: You Spent $120,000 on Your Education Only to Discover You Hate Your Career. Now What?

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 By Tripping on the Ladder
 (c) 2009

 

We spend so much time, money and effort in pursuit of our academic and career  goals–and, in a down economy like the one we’re in, increasing numbers of people are pursuing expensive graduate and professional degrees while waiting for the employment forecast to improve.  

So what happens, either today or sometime down the road, when, after working so hard to achieve your career aspirations, you discover it’s not as fulfilling as you had hoped?

In this edition of “Ask the Experts,” we turn to one of our regular experts, Julie Paleen of Blue Star Group, to shine the spotlight on this frequent experience and what to do from here.

To read this and other recent Ask the Experts columns, click here.

 Featuring Julie Paleen
 Professional Coach and HR Consultant, Blue Star Group
 

 

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Tags: career, college, debt, education, graduate school, loans, money

 

Sat 17 Oct 2009

Ask the Experts: And the Promotion Goes to…Not You

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 By Tripping on the Ladder
 (c) 2009

 

You work hard. You do a good job. So what do you do when you find out you’ve been passed over for a promotion and that, worse yet, your good friend in the office has been given it?

In today’s “Ask the Expert” column, Rebecca L. Williams, a Chicago-based Senior HR consultant and Professional Coach with Williams Business Solutions, offers her best suggestions for how to move beyond the disappointing news and what you can do to position yourself for “next time.”

To read this and other recent “Ask the Experts” columns, click here.  

 Featuring Rebecca Williams
 Senior HR Consultant and Professional Coach, Williams Business Solutions
 

 

Do you have a question you’d like to “Ask the Experts”? Submit your question to editor@trippingontheladder.

Tags: promotion

 

Thu 15 Oct 2009

Ask the Experts: What to Do When Your Performance Review is Unfair?

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 By Tripping on the Ladder
 (c) October 15, 2009

Even under the best of circumstances, the annual performance review at the office can evoke dread in even the highest of performers. So what do you do when you think you’re doing a fine job but your boss doesn’t agree?

In today’s “Ask the Expert” column, Julie Paleen, a professional coach and HR consultant with Blue Star Group, offers a few tips for what to do — and offers hope that all is not lost.

To read this and other recent Ask the Experts columns, click here.  

 Featuring Julie Paleen
 Professional Coach and HR Consultant, Blue Star Group
 

 

Do you have a question you’d like to “Ask the Experts”? Submit your question to editor@trippingontheladder.

Tags: boss, performance review, workplace issues

 

Sat 10 Oct 2009

Ask the Experts: What to Do When Your Buddy Becomes Your Boss

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 By Tripping on the Ladder
 (c) October 10, 2009

 

He’s been your trusted work buddy–getting drinks with you after work, sharing war stories over tuna sandwiches at the deli down the street, and dishing  the office gossip at the water cooler. But now, out the blue, your buddy is about to become your boss.  

It’s one of the most perplexing, and potentially detrimental, challenges of the workplace. In this installment of our popular “Ask the Experts” column, professional coach Julie Paleen of Blue Star Group shares some tips for navigating this potentially dicey situation.

To read this and other recent “Ask the Experts” columns, click here.

 Featuring Julie Paleen
Professional Coach and HR Consultant, Blue Star Group
 

 

Do you have a question you’d like to “Ask the Experts”? Submit your question to editor@trippingontheladder.

Tags: boss, friend, workplace issues

 

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