How to Answer: “What Are Your Career Goals?” 

November 21, 2023
Written by: Dave Sparkman | Reading Time: 5 minutes

This is a fun topic to explore! Let’s start with WHY in the world would an interviewer even ask that question. What do you think the answer is? Multiple choice possible answers offered below:  “Because the interviewer is…”  Hopefully you answered “3”. But unfortunately, and not altogether unsurprisingly, some of the people I’ve counseled over the years actually thought the other …

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Retirement: Will You Know When the Time is Right? 

October 03, 2023
Written by: Dave Sparkman | Reading Time: 4 minutes

When you hear the word “retirement”, what comes to mind? Here are a few fun perspectives I’ve found:  Hmmm, please read that last one again. I think there might be a couple of different angles to it. First, you could read it to mean that God’s retirement plan is not of this world and has eternal ramifications. Or, you could read it …

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Stop Obsessing About Having the Perfect Career Plan  

September 26, 2023
Written by: Dave Sparkman | Reading Time: 3 minutes

That was the headline that captured my attention in a Wall Street Journal article from 9/17/23. Basically, the premise is that while people for decades have pursued the mysterious “perfect career”, the reality is false advertising. Multiple global factors, coupled with the speed of technology and change, reinforce this point. The author ended with a great point, “Even though this (a …

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Do The Work You Need To Do

June 27, 2023
Written by: Dave Sparkman | Reading Time: 3 minutes

Have you ever done work, on a sustained basis, that you didn’t like or perhaps at which you weren’t that skilled? Or maybe even you didn’t mind it, but you knew it wasn’t what you were built to do?    Perhaps you had to do the work to provide for your family? Or you had to do it as the job was …

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Calling versus Career: What’s the difference and does it matter?

June 06, 2023
Written by: Dave Sparkman | Reading Time: 3 minutes

Along with many of the people I’ve encountered going through job transition, after Arthur Andersen imploded years ago, I was praying earnestly to find a job where I could:  You see, I had been in a job at Arthur Andersen that hit all the bullets listed. I thought Arthur Andersen would be the last employer I’d ever work for. My career …

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Me, Inc. Part 3: Owning Your Career in the New World of Work

October 07, 2009
Written by: Crossroads Career | Reading Time: 3 minutes

We continue our Me, Inc. series about how to adapt to propel ahead and experience career growth in today’s rapidly changing career environment with the third installment. View Part 1 and Part 2. How to Own Your Career Too many people feel as though someone other than themselves is responsible for what happens in their career. But you’ll be sadly …

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Me, Inc. Part 2: Free Agents in the New World of Work

September 24, 2009
Written by: Crossroads Career | Reading Time: 3 minutes

This is our second post in our Me, Inc. series that focuses on helping workers adjust their attitude to the changing workforce dynamics. Free Agents Need Marketing 101 The employer-employee trends we talked about in our last post are not simply a corporation-driven phenomenon. American workers themselves have also decided in ever-increasing numbers that they would rather be free agents. Some estimate that these free …

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