Category Archives: Awareness

What Should You Study for a Tech Career?

What exactly should you be studying if you want a certain role? Check Job Boards for Current Skills Nowadays in careers where we get to drive our careers ourselves. We’re not waiting for an employer to do it and employers … Continue reading

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Embrace Change

I wanted to share thoughts on why I consider full-time to be and embrace the season. Part of that is because usually changes afoot, fall is the time of year when I noticed that hiring picks up and that corresponds … Continue reading

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Target Junior Roles NOT Junior Goals

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux What should you be considering when targeting junior-level roles? Even if you are going after junior level roles it is important to be proactive about what you want and what you expect. What I mean by … Continue reading

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How to Love Writing Your Cover Letter (at Least Tolerate it)

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux When I ask about the cover letter portion of an application, most everyone I talk to resists it for the same reason: “I hate selling myself!” This is because those who say this to me are … Continue reading

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What Do You Wish I Had Asked You?

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux This is the question I have learned to ask at the end of any mock interview I facilitate. While some struggle to know at that moment if I am asking them as an interviewer or as … Continue reading

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Career Wake Up Call

By Tiffany A. Dedeaux To me, louder than a church bell on a quiet Sunday morning, was the statement by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, “We’re never going to be the same again.” He is right.  We are forever changed. … Continue reading

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Questions for Your 2020 Vision

James Lipton changed my life. The career change that transformed my life was inspired by the questions Mr. Lipton would ask at the end of every episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio. James Lipton, who plumbed the dramatic arts during … Continue reading

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Qualities of a Successful Job Seeker

by Tiffany A. Dedeaux Whether new to the act or it’s simply been a while, most everyone who works with me as a Career Coach asks me what are the keys to success in the job search. The truth is there … Continue reading

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The Power of Invisibility in Your Career

by Tiffany A. Dedeaux I was the kid who wanted so bad to be invisible. This was long before Harry Potter and well after the Invisible Man. I did know that I wouldn’t look people in the eye or would sit by … Continue reading

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3 Qualities of a Great Boss

The characteristics that make for a good boss are many and varied. Sacred Time can help you find your next boss, or support the one you already have in an effort to become more successful, these three traits will be important considerations. Continue reading

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