Hallie Crawford

MAPP Career Assessment Package

The MAPP Career Assessment is an extremely effective, easy to use career assessment that takes 20 minutes to complete online.

MAPP identifies your natural talents and abilities, your motivations, the careers you'd be most likely to succeed in and much more. If you are trying to find out which jobs are the best fit for you, this assessment will help you get the answer.

I use with my individual clients, especially for those of you who are struggling with career ideas.

The assessment will help you:

• Identify your natural talents and abilities
• Pinpoint what work environment is the best fit for you
• Clarify your motivations for work and likelihood for success in specific industries
• Define the top 10 vocational areas that are the best fit for you
• Find career fulfillment

More than 96% of the over four million people who have taken this career assessment agree with the results and will use the results to guide their career.

Read more about what is included in your MAPP Career Assessment Package here:
http://www.halliecrawford.com/careertest.html

Happy Halloween! Have a great weekend!
Best,

Hallie Crawford
Career Transition Coach

Finance Executive Walks Away to Work His Way Up From Waiter

There was a great story in the Wall Street Journal last month about finding a job that you love and are passionate about.

Check it out here!

Here’s to having a career you LOVE!

Hallie Crawford
Atlanta Certified Career Coach

How to Kick Your Kid Out of the Nest

I was recently interviewed for a great article by Kim Girard from CBS Moneywatch.com

Here’s an excerpt:

If a year passes and your child is still a permanent fixture on the couch, it’s time for a change, especially if he or she isn’t putting in the time and effort to find a job and move out.

A career counselor, with fees that range between $500 and $2,000, may be worth the cost to get your child back on track. A counselor can assess your children’s skills, clean up their resumes, and create career-action plans to get them moving. Hallie Crawford, an Atlanta-based career counselor, says it’s often her job to push adult kids to take an entry-level job — even if it isn’t their dream job — to get them started.

You can read the entire article here.

If you think your child could benefit from working with a career coach, contact us for a free phone consultation.

Hallie Crawford
Career Coach

Resume and Cover Letter Review/Editing

Do you need help with your resume or cover letter? I recommend considering our resume review session. Darcy Holoweski is a Certified Career Coach and job search expert on our team. She specializes in resume review, interview skills, and job search strategies. Darcy has extensive resume writing experience. She has a Master's in Education and has been a career advisor at a career center in Rhode Island for several years. Click here to contact Darcy for help with your resume.

Hallie Crawford
Career Coach

Using a Mentor Can Add Up in the Professional Career Search

(Excerpt, read entire article here)

Are you afraid of the career change conversation with your family, friends, coworkers etc? Does it seem like as soon as you decide to make a positive change, the whole world turns against you and tells you why you can't do it, that it's not possible or something else that's not very encouraging?

One of the biggest challenges that people in career transition face is trying to convince their families, friends, coworkers and the people who know them best, that change is a good thing. At a time when everything is in flux, it's tough for us to reassure people we are headed on the path to success despite any obstacles which may surface along the way. We may even be uncertain ourselves! And because we frequently experience the most resistance to our ideas from the people who mean the most to us, it can FEEL like our core support system is caving in. But don't worry, it's not!

Finding a mentor, coach or someone who has "been there" can be a huge asset for your career search.

Because we are often met with resistance, hit with frightening and discouraging "rumors" about the career marketing or industry of our choosing, we can feel like the wind was just knocked out of us. Finding a career can be scary and isolating. This is not a healthy way to feel when trying to break out of established ruts and make a motion for improvement in our careers.

*If you need help with your career transition, check out our free teleclass this month "Three Critical Keys to Transition Into Your Ideal Career".*

Hallie Crawford
Atlanta Certified Career Coach

FREE Teleclass in 1 week

Don’t miss out on my free teleclass Tuesday October 27th at 12noon ET for the "Three Critical Keys to Navigating Your Transition to Your Ideal Career"

This teleclass is for you if you:

• Recently have been laid off and you are now ready to find a career you love and are passionate about
• Your current job is no longer rewarding, but you're not sure what would be better
• You feel stuck where you are in your career
• You are a recent college graduate and still are unsure about what you want to do

Go here to listen to an audio intro.

Register here: http://www.halliecrawford.com/criticalkeys.html..

I’m looking forward to having you join us!

Hallie Crawford
Career Coach

Staying optimistic during tough times

I was reading an article about Michael J Fox in Time Magazine a few months back and I thought I’d share a small piece:

A reader asked “How do you keep your optimisim in the face of difficult circumstances?”

Michael said "I think it's mostly about acceptance. I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in."

His perspective and attitude about having Parkinson's is amazing!! Remember that we are always at choice in how we react to what happens to us.

Have a great weekend!

Hallie Crawford
Certified Career Coach

 

Five Ways to Avoid Being Overworked

I wanted to share this great article with you from Penelope Trunk titled “Five Ways to Avoid Being Overworked”.

Excerpt

Take responsibility for being overworked, then change it.

OK, suppose you love your work and you're happy working 15-hour days. That's fine. Just don't complain about it.

What I'm saying is that if you complain about having too much work you should look in the mirror -- it's your own fault, and you can change the situation by drawing boundaries at work. Be an adult by taking responsibility for your time, and complain only when you have a solution.

Star performers don't talk about being overworked, they talk about time management. The best time managers excel at it because they're good at figuring out what they don't have to do. The best time managers have the confidence to say, "I'll still be a star even if I don't do that task."

This reminds me of Gina Trapani, who edits the Lifehacker blog. Gina and three other editors put out a publication that has more readers than just about every local newspaper in this country, and many national magazines. Surely she's a very busy person. But her productivity tips belie a Zen-like balance in which she isolates the most important things and lets other things languish if need be.

Want an example? In order for Gina to blog every day, she has to keep up with hundreds of other bloggers so she knows who to link to. These blogs come to her via direct feed. What does she do when she's falling behind and blog posts are piling up? She clears out her in-box and starts over. "If something's really important," she said at a panel I attended, "someone will email me about it."

This is great advice from someone who's succeeding in an area where most people would succumb to information overload. Clearly, the way to do good work is to know when it's time to not do it.

To read the entire article click here.

Here’s to having a career you love!

Hallie Crawford
Career Transition Coach

Are you a mover and a shaker?

I get these great messages from tut.com once a week. I especially liked this one:

"The folks who keep doing little things, expecting BIG results, especially when circumstances seem to indicate that tomorrow will pretty much be exactly the same as yesterday, no matter what they do today. These are the world's movers and shakers."

--What can you do this week to be a mover and shaker in your world; expecting great results from the effort you put forth?

Hallie Crawford
Career Seekers Career Coach

Jumpstart your job search using the best online and offline strategies!

• Feeling behind the times in your job seeking efforts?
• Still don’t know how to effectively use LinkedIn, Twitter and other online job search tools?
• Not sure if you’re conducting an effective, efficient job search?

The Job Search Workbook for Professionals: Networking and Online Strategies for the 21st Century is the tool you need to succeed in your job search.

Each section provides targeted success methods that incorporate the ever-expanding opportunities posted on the internet, along with networking techniques that have taken on a whole new meaning in the internet age.

In this workbook you will learn how to:

Tap into the hidden job market Create a perfect elevator speech Maximize online networking opportunities Get noticed by recruiters

Conduct informational interviews Handle job applications with ease Track and manage your search

You’ll gain a competitive edge and discover how to accelerate your search in a way that maximizes your time and streamlines your efforts to produce quantifiable results. The workbook is designed to be an active tool for your search and easily fits in your briefcase or bag so you can refer to anytime.

PLUS you’ll receive these bonuses:  Sample resumes, cover letters, elevator speeches and a job search spreadsheet to track your progress.

Pre-order your copy today at our early bird special (15% off). This offer is ONLY being given to subscribers - early bird expires on October 31st. Pre-order your copy here.

Here's to having a career you love!
Hallie Crawford
Job Search Coach