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The headlines recently delivered a staggering, quiet statistic: over 105 million prime-age Americans are currently sitting outside the labor force (called the labor force participation rate, these people are of working age, not working, and not seeking employment). This stat is waaaaay beyond that percentage of the labor force that was out of work in the Great Depression or in …

When we talk about maximizing our potential at work, it’s easy to get caught up in the noise of corporate culture: hustle harder, log longer hours, master every new tech tool, and outshine everyone else in the room. But here is the fatal flaw with that formula: Talent may get you to the top, but only character keeps you there. When …

Why Career Misalignment May Be Part of God’s Plan What do you do when your current reality feels like a complete contradiction of your calling? If you have ever sat at your desk—or stared at a blank screen during a long search—feeling like your talents are completely invisible, your skills are rotting away, and your potential is being utterly ignored, …

The topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be plastered all over the news these days. Here are a few headlines that have appeared so far this month: How AI is Changing the Job Market Here are a few that showed up when I highlighted how AI applies to the job market: Ok, welcome back for those of you who …

Changing careers or stepping into a new field can be difficult. Job titles vary, required skills aren’t always clear, and it’s easy to underestimate your God given talents and strengths—or overlook promising opportunities that may align with what God has in store for you. Fortunately, there’s a powerful, free tool designed to bring clarity to the entire job transition process: …

Have you ever watched a mystery movie, and the detective says something like, “I didn’t know what was really happening, but then I started ‘connecting the dots,’ and that helped me figure it out”? Using another movie example, I recently watched “The Fountain of Youth,” a movie about, you guessed it, discovering the Fountain of Youth. Throughout the film, the …

Have you ever made a career decision where everything felt just right? It was the right industry, the right company, the right team, the right job, the right future. But then…it wasn’t. 🙁  I have found myself in that place multiple times over my career. The most striking example that comes to mind was when I left Arthur Andersen shortly …

A Snapshot of Today’s Workforce How Working in America Became So Joyless. That’s the headline from an article featured in the Wall Street Journal on March 30, 2026. And yep, it doesn’t get much better than the headline. Here are a few quotes from the article: Bummer, right? No wonder the headline ran the way it ran. Perhaps some of you …

This past week I received a text from a job seeker that I’ve been trying to support with a question of whether I’d ever heard of a company called Executive Branding. He further inquired as to whether I thought he should try something like them, or if it is just another “all care, no responsibility” con. I replied that I …

Are You Valiantly Pursuing Your Career Dreams?    Where does your mind go when you see that question? Do you immediately default to lyrics from The Man of La Mancha with Don Quixote singing the classic, “The Impossible Dream”? It’s words are resolute and inspiring – – here’s the first verse: To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear …