The Career Coaching Blog

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

May 21, 2020

Tips for Nailing Remote Job Interviews

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, job interviews

In the weeks since the pandemic caused us all to shelter-in-place, I think we’ve all learned a LOT about how much technology can help us stay connected. The ability to tele-work has helped many companies stay in business, and even job interviews are now being conducted via video platforms like Zoom and Skype. If you […]

April 13, 2020

Coronavirus Update: Free Help for the Recently Unemployed

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, resources

Let’s don’t beat around the bush. The unemployment numbers from the past couple of weeks haven’t been dismal; they are basically disastrous. Here in NYC, especially, a massive number of people have been forced out of work due to shutdowns related to the Coronavirus pandemic. And while this situation may be temporary, the numbers don’t […]

March 18, 2020

Job Hunting in the Time of Coronavirus

Terrylynn Smith Blog career advice, coronavirus, news items

For most of us, if not all, the world is a much different place than it was just a couple of weeks ago. It seems like the news about the Coronavirus pandemic becomes more profound, disruptive and downright scary by the day. Here in NYC, a huge percent of the workforce just got forced out […]

February 24, 2020

Book Excerpt: “What I Learned from the Giraffes”

Terrylynn Smith Blog book, giraffes, news items

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming book, What I Learned from the Giraffes, due out this spring. Just to give you a taste of what I’ve been working on. 🙂 *** When I was in high school, I went out for the cheerleading squad. I was always very athletic as a kid, but […]

January 16, 2020

Learning from the Giraffes: A Special Announcement for 2020

Terrylynn Smith Blog announcements, news

Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the holiday season and that you were able to sneak a little time for yourself to take a personal inventory in preparation for the upcoming year. Along that line…I almost never use this blog space for announcements, but 2020 is shaping up to be a big one for […]

December 18, 2019

Personal Inventory: Setting Up for Success in the New Year (and Decade)

Terrylynn Smith Blog goals, inspiration, success

The holiday season is also the end of the year, which makes it a great time to reflect—to review our progress from the past year and set ourselves up for success in the New Year. I don’t know about you, but this year-end seems especially significant to me because it’s not just the end of […]

December 12, 2019

Navigating Change Gracefully

Terrylynn Smith Blog advice

“A change is gonna come.” – Sam Cooke “Change is the only constant in life.” –Heraclitus Benjamin Franklin is famously quoted as saying, “There are only two certainties in life—death and taxes.” I don’t want to contradict the iconic Mr. Franklin…but the fact is, he was wrong on this point. Rather, he counted wrong. In […]

November 30, 2019

Tips for Maintaining Your Job Search During the Holiday Season

Terrylynn Smith Blog holiday season, holidays, job search

The holiday season may be “the most wonderful time of the year”—but that doesn’t necessarily make it easy. For some, it’s a particularly stressful time due to the pressures of family expectations, buying gifts and fitting all those holiday parties into the schedule. If you’re in between jobs, these pressures can be amplified. You might […]

November 14, 2019

How Do You Define Success?

Terrylynn Smith Blog advice, mindfulness, success

“All successful people have a goal.” Norman Vincent Peale In my previous post, I shared my 5 steps to take to have a successful day. (If you haven’t read it yet—please go and read it.) But there’s actually more to the story. You can’t really declare a day to be “successful” if you haven’t yet […]

October 16, 2019

Learning to Be Present: 5 Steps to a Successful Day

Terrylynn Smith Blog advice, mindfulness

Mindfulness isn’t difficult—we just need to remember to do it!” — Sharon Salzberg These days, we hear a lot of talk about the importance of “mindfulness” and being “present.” I think the reason we hear this is that most people aren’t. (Present, that is.) In our hectic lifestyle which seems to get more hectic by […]