Are you a parent or guardian wondering how best to help your child navigate the difficult yet exciting journey of careering? If so, you’ve landed on the right blog. It comes directly from career expert Tamara S. Raymond, author of the award-winning book for parents and teens Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future
Career Exploration: How to Discover Your Dream Career
An old saying goes, “Man does not eat by bread alone”—in other words, we all need more than basic necessities to thrive. Apply this concept to finding the right career—a journey that involves career exploration, career development, self-development, and self-improvement—and it conveys that we must do more than make good money to be happy in
The Value and Benefit of Setting Work Benchmarks
As I write this, I’m thinking about a friend who received a poor job review six months into her very first “real” job at 23. This happened after earning an accelerated master’s degree at a top college. My friend is an extremely smart woman, but she was young and never had worked full time. So,
Four Empirically Driven Approaches to Your Career Exploration
In honor of National Careers Week in the UK, we are featuring a special blog post for teens to support and enhance your career exploration process. Feel free to frequent the blog at IMCLeaders.com for more relevant careering information! When it comes to career exploration—or completing any project, for that matter—it’s pretty well understood that
Careering for Teens Guide How-To: Grow Leadership Skills On Social Media
In a previous blog post, I revealed ways in which students and teens could gain valuable leadership experience while still in high school. One area we discussed included social media. In this blog, we’ll examine leadership skills you can pick up using your personal social media accounts and, how social media serves as an excellent
Careering for Teens How-To Guide: Great Ways to Grow Your Leadership Experience
Your high school years are a great time to begin learning how to be a good leader. There are numerous opportunities for acquiring key leadership skills. Many of them are available in places where you’d least expect. All you need to do is keep your eyes and mind open to the possibilities. Here’s a list
The Interview Dance May Be Your Date with Work Destiny
A version of this article, entitled “The Interview Dance May Be Your Date with Work Destiny, Says Career Coach and Award-Winning Author Tamara S. Raymond,” appeared this week in media outlets; online publications; broadcast media and local tv stations, including Dow Jones’ MarketWatch; Morningstar; Black Enterprise; and CBS affiliates, to name a few. We’re often
Pandemic How-To Guide: How to Stay in Good Spirits to Remain Focused at School or Work
Whether you’re a teen in high school or college or an adult in the midst of your career, being in good spirits is one of the keys to doing well in your studies or job. But if, like most of us, you’re cooped up in your home and following social distancing guidelines when you’re out,
No Graduation Due to the Pandemic? How to Maintain Ties That Bind
Essentially, your senior year ended unexpectedly, weeks or even months before it was planned to, because of the novel coronavirus Covid-19. Yes, you’re still “in” class virtually, keeping up to date with assignments and such via computer. But the rituals of senior year, such as senior prom, senior week, and the topper of them all,
NETWORKING: Not the Best at Work? How Networking Can Help You
Despite how hard you try, you’re just not great at your job. It’s not because your boss isn’t trying to help you succeed or because you’ve been sabotaged. No, in spite of lots of support, you’re just not a good fit. Sometimes you do OK, and very, very occasionally you do quite well, but no
