The Career Coaching Blog

Here you will find 100+ blog posts on a variety of topics related to the job search process.

August 30, 2018

Holiday Weekends and “Down Times”—Maximizing Your Job Search When Employers Aren’t Paying Attention

Terrylynn Smith Blog holidays, job search, self-improvement

When you’re gainfully employed, the long holiday weekends around Memorial Day and Labor Day are a breath of fresh air. When you’re trying to conduct a job search, however, these long weekends might feel more like an annoyance—even a hindrance. You are highly motivated to go on interviews, you’re chasing down job leads left and […]

August 24, 2018

Identifying and Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs (part 2)

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, limiting beliefs, self-care, self-help, self-improvement

In our previous post, we discussed the idea of self-limiting beliefs—negative things we come to believe about ourselves that can cap, squelch or even sabotage our own success—both in our careers and in our personal lives. (If you’re just joining us, please read the last post to come up to speed.) We need to address […]

July 30, 2018

Identifying and Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs (part 1)

Terrylynn Smith Blog beliefs, fear, self-care, self-improvement

Have you ever known someone who always seems to come up just a little short of their goals? Have you ever observed someone who is deeply committed to accomplishing something, and they come right up to the point of success, only to have something go wrong at the finish line time and time again? Maybe […]

July 16, 2018

Tips for Quitting Your Current Job Gracefully

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, job advice, resigning

If you’re in the process of transitioning into a new career, but you still happen to be working at your old job, there’s one key aspect of that transition you don’t want to overlook: The rather delicate task of quitting your current job gracefully. We often get so caught up in the excitement of preparing […]

July 11, 2018

4 Smartphone Apps to Enhance Your Job Search

Terrylynn Smith Blog career, career advice, job search, job search apps, useful tools

When utilized smartly and kept in its proper place and context, technology can be a beautiful thing. Yes, we all tend to spend too much time looking at screens, and you definitely need to look up from the phone once in a while. But when it comes to looking for a job, never have we […]

June 25, 2018

Job Search Anxiety: Putting Fear into Perspective

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, coaching, fear, worry

In our previous post, we talked a bit about how to deal with the sense of panic that sometimes accompanies our need for a new job or career. Let’s tie into topic by talking a little about something I call “job search anxiety”—that underlying sense of worry that we deal with when we’re between jobs. […]

June 14, 2018

Relax! 4 Tips to Remove the Panic Factor from Your Job Search

Terrylynn Smith Blog fear, job search, panic, self-care

Let’s be real for a minute. When you need a job…you need a job. That need is real, and in many cases, time is of the essence. When you need a job and don’t know where to find one—or if your job search isn’t moving forward as quickly as you need it to—it’s very easy […]

May 24, 2018

Finding Your Niche (Part 3)

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, niche, passion

We started this series by talking about how having a niche within your skill set can put you in greater demand, whether as a prospective employee or when starting your own business. Then I shared a bit of my personal journey to explain how I found my own niche as a life-career coach. That said, […]

May 17, 2018

Finding Your Niche (Part 2)

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, change, niche, passion

In the previous post, we talked about the power of finding a specialty or niche within your particular industry, and how it can serve you whether you’re an entrepreneur starting a new business or a professional seeking to get hired at a firm. Not only does this put you in greater demand as one of […]

April 16, 2018

Finding Your Niche (Part 1)

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, niche

“Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.” –Nate Parker When we’re in the midst of change—for instance, when we’re between careers—sometimes our default instinct is to become “all things to all people.” This is particularly true of entrepreneurs […]