Blog — Better Career Transitions

When your career has problem areas, it can seem counterintuitive to talk about it yourself early in the interview. And yet, such an approach - the Accusation Audit - can yield exceptional results.

Interview Tips, Negotiation SkillsArina DivoJanuary 2, 2020Comment

Career Change Strategy: Big Fish in a Small Pond

A small and less prestigious company with high growth potential can be an interesting target for a career change.

Targeting, Career Change Strategies, Career Transition Stories, Books, PodcastsArina DivoDecember 29, 2019Comment

Competency Trap and How to Avoid It

Your past success can become your future liability. How can we avoid getting into a competency trap? How can we develop new skills when we are so busy?

Career Change Strategies, Books, Action!, TargetingArina DivoDecember 28, 2019Comment

Career Change Strategy: Glass Cliff

High-risk projects and crisis situations can be excellent career change opportunities. How to make a risky move without falling off a ‘glass cliff?

Career Change Strategies, Career Transition StoriesArina DivoDecember 27, 2019Comment

Listen With Your Hands

You’d better listen with your hands, not with your heart.

Interview Tips, Personal Presence, Negotiation SkillsArina DivoDecember 21, 2019listeningComment

Will Any Agency Hire This Man?

Would you give a chance to an outlier if you sensed a potential?

Career Transition Stories, Career Change StrategiesArina DivoDecember 19, 2019inspirationComment

Action vs Motion

Are you taking action or going through the motions?

Action!, Career Change StrategiesArina DivoDecember 18, 2019procrastination, journalingComment

Networking Zoo

Which Networking animal are you?

Networking, Coaching & CoachesArina DivoDecember 18, 2019Comment

Hiring Secrets: Basecamp

Hire the Work, not the Résumé.

Hiring Secrets, Interview TipsArina DivoDecember 17, 2019diversity, unorthodox hiringComment

How Do I Get Internal Referrals?

"2-Hour Job Search" Method.

Networking, Informational Interviews, BooksArina DivoDecember 15, 2019Comment

How Do I Rank My Preferences?

When multiple ideas and projects compete for our attention or when our preferences are unclear, we delay decisions and action. Paired Comparisons is an easy online tool that helps with a preference setting.

Self-Discovery, Action!, NetworkingArina DivoDecember 13, 2019priorities, procrastination, decision-makingComment