Welcome! Thank you for your interest in career counseling and personal life coaching.

Whether you want to stretch and advance, or regroup and reposition, I can be there for you.

We’ll collaborate to get you to your goals. In the process you’ll learn new things about yourself and new strategies that will serve you well both now and in years to come.

Career Exploration, Change and Transition

Searching for something new and better? Or feeling stressed, stuck or restless? You may have a “perfectly good” job but want something new — so that you can learn new things, have more fun, and exercise your gifts in new ways. Or you may be really unhappy and urgently want to find a new job.In either case, you’ll benefit from career exploration and transition: the process of finding a career that suits you better. Learn more

Career Management

Are you making the most of your career? Maybe you’re doing well, and want to get even better: learn new skills, have more impact, network better, become a more effective boss or receive more compensation and recognition.Perhaps things aren’t going so well or you have no work-life balance. You are buffeted by a reorganization, a micromanaging boss, little recognition, or herculean workloads.Whatever your on-the-job issues are, career management coaching can help you think things through, provide perspective and lay action plans to move you forward. Learn more

Job Search

Are you using outdated methods to find a job, spending most of your time searching the web and sending out lots of identical resumes? Are your interviews not resulting in offers? Or aren’t you getting interviews? Are you using social networking and AI when they are helpful and appropriate?Do you have the feeling that you could be searching more efficiently, with higher probability of success? Learn more

Personal/Life Coaching

Coaching is now considered a high level perk. Executives and many non-execs seek it for business effectiveness or for work-related or personal reasons, viewing it as an investment in themselves.Why?Because good coaching can help you expand your capabilities, your effectiveness and your well-being. Coaching can also help you improve your life when things aren’t going well, or you think you might be sabotaging yourself. Learn more

The latest from my blog…

Change Jobs or Careers now? Implications of a Tightening Job Market

You’re probably well aware that there are fewer job openings for white collar workers than several years ago. See the Wall Street Journal 7/11/24: “A tighter job market and shrinking pay premium for switching is leading to the ‘big stay’”. Those “stays” equal fewer new openings, a trend compounded by employers reducing overall staff size.

So, is it a good time for you to change jobs? And if you are trying, what strategies work best?

Here are some tips on navigating the current situation:

Your LinkedIn Photo

Often clients will ask me whether their LinkedIn photos look Okay. My advice often goes like this: “Well, yes, your photo is Okaaay. But it could be better, and you might fare much better convincing a prospective employer to offer you an interview.”

Here are some tips…

Client Testimonial

“It is not an exaggeration to say that Barbara completely changed my life! After years of being unhappy in my job I started working with her as a coach, and together we discovered what really makes me happy, how to effectively market myself to the nonprofit sector, and where my strengths and interests overlap. I had been looking for a new job for over a year without success, and after a few months of working with Barbara I was called in for eight interviews, and I received two great job offers on the same day.”
P.E., Foundation Senior Director

Barbara Herzog in the Media

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