The CH Blog is Moving: Here’s How to Re-Subscribe!

Greetings all — after many years of publishing career-related articles to this WordPress.com blog, I’ve realized the time has come to “get with the times” and upgrade to a more robust platform.  So in conjunction with the launch of the new Career Horizons website here, I’ve shifted the blog to a new WordPress.org format (which […]

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Two Great Workshops: StrengthsFinder & Retirepreneurship

Right off the bat, let me clarify that these workshops 1) aren’t ones I’m leading myself or 2) stand to benefit from in any fashion monetarily.  And yet, having known both of the individuals leading these classes for many years, and having been greatly impressed by the quality of facilitation they bring to the table, […]

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Building Bridges to Fight Unemployment

While the job market is holding up pretty well these days, on a macro level, make no mistake about it — there are still plenty of folks struggling to find gainful employment. In particular, there are certain types of candidates that generally have to fight through an extra layer of difficulty when it comes to […]

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Getting Hired at Boeing

In selecting the third company to profile in my “getting hired at…” series, the choice seemed obvious.  While the headquarters office might have left our fair city a number of years back, Boeing is still a massive player in the local employment scene — and while it may not quite have the sex appeal of […]

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Getting Hired at Amazon

Okay, for the next installment in my “getting hired at…” series let’s turn our sights to another local giant, Amazon.com, and discuss some of the factors involved in landing employment at that company and what the realities might be in terms of working there. From what I’ve witnessed, Amazon wrested away the “smart, innovative company […]

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Getting Hired at Microsoft

One of the things I constantly stress to my job hunting clientele is the importance of looking beyond just the “household name” organizations in town and doing the research needed to uncover some great small-to-mid-size employers worth pursuing.  There are nearly 140,000 companies in the Greater Seattle area alone, after all, many of which are […]

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The 12 Posts of Christmas (#6: Encore.org)

Item #6: Encore.org & the SVP “Encore Careers” Program (http://encore.org) “Never before have so many people with so much knowledge, energy, and talent had so much time to do something that really lasts.” This quote is the one that stuck with me most upon recently viewing a promotional video for Encore.org, a unique organization dedicated […]

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Friends Hiring Friends. For Pay.

Back during the turn of the millennium craze, it seemed that every company around had an employee referral program and was offering big bucks to their staff members to refer potential candidates along for hire.  In fact,  I remember routinely meeting individuals who embraced this alternative revenue stream and were pocketing an extra $5-15K each […]

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The Ugly Spectre of Unemployment Discrimination

As a society, we’re unfortunately well-acquainted with many forms of discrimination that take place in the working world, including discrimination against job applicants due to age, race, gender, and sexual orientation.  And while we still have a long way to go to eliminate these prejudices, we’ve at least legally prohibited them, at the very least. […]

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5 Career Lessons We Can Learn from the Seahawks

If you live in Seattle, and are somewhat introverted, I’ve got good news for you.  For the next week or two, whenever you’re out and about at various social events, you’ve got a built-in way to make small talk.  All you need to do is say “How ’bout them Seahawks?” and chances are you’ll get […]

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