Today I'd like to share with you some advice I gave to a reporter for the magazine Fast Company this afternoon. She asked me, "What advice do you give someone trying to recover from a bad interview?" Well,  I'd like you to hear it first!

Today I’d like to share with you a lesson that has completely changed one woman and her family around. I hope I don’t come across as bragging, because the point I really want to drive home is how discovering your true gifts can mean the world to you - and what you can mean to the world.

I do a lot of reading, and if you’ve heard me speak, you know that I don’t do a lot of reading from career books, because I find most of them are woefully out of date. My reading is usually a combination of sales and marketing books, coupled with personal improvement. I’m always thinking in the back of my mind when I read, “How can this information be used to help my clients get their next job even quicker? Can any of these strategies be used in a career search?”

I want to share with you something I’ve noticed this time of year for the past 11 years that I have been in this business. To be honest, I see it nearly every day, all year long, but more frequent as the holidays creep up. I usually fill these blog posts with specific strategies to boost your search results, but today I want to share with you something I feel is more important.

At what age do you become too old for a career change? The answer is: you don't. While changing careers can be more difficult for seasoned workers, there really is no reason why you have to stay in a job you don't enjoy. Career change is possible for anyone and at any age.

It takes a special type of woman to bring home six figures; not just any woman can do it. This doesn't mean that you can't be one of them, only that you will need certain traits to succeed in your career development. Here are five of them.

Finding any job in today's economy can be tough, but finding a job that will provide a six-figure income can prove especially difficult. Jobs with six-figure incomes aren't easy to come by, and even if you do find one, there is no guarantee you'll get the job. That doesn't mean that you can't focus your career development efforts and increase your chances, however. Here are four career development obstacles you will likely face when looking for a job with a six-figure income and how to overcome them.

Most people don't just stumble upon their dream job as soon as they enter the workforce. Instead, they have to decide what they want to do and then find and take the steps they need to get there. The first step to reaching your dream job isn't going back to school; it's career development goal setting. Here are four ways goal setting can help you with career development.

Making a career change is always a big leap of faith. Whether you’ve been downsized from your old job or this career change is your own choice, launching into a job search can be overwhelming. At this point, I always like to remember the Mary Poppin’s school of thought that “A teaspoon of sugar makes the medicine go down!” So, let’s start with 4 ways to make your job search fun!

If you’re currently making a career change, then networking is essential for your job search. With an extremely competitive job market, candidates in the middle of a career change need to set themselves apart from the crowd. Searching for jobs on the internet can help, but more than half of the available job openings are not posted online.