'promotion' tagged blog posts in SixFigureStart Career Coaching by Fortune 500 Recruiters

As a former recruiter and now executive coach, I have seen the arcs of thousands of careers. Some careers show constant forward momentum, while others languish. How do you feel about your career? If you suspect your career might be stalling, here are seven issues to explore:

In my last post, I talked about Career Lessons From The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women Rankings. One of the lessons is to “put yourself out there.” Indeed, if you look at the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2012 you see the success from self-promotion:  Sara Blakely selling her Spanx firsthand in the foyer of Neiman Marcus or Fawzia Koofi publishing a book and announcing, despite death...

Confidence attracts. I’m not talking about arrogance, which really bothered me when I was a recruiter and...

Recently, I heard from someone who was frustrated that, despite following all of the recommended career advancement strategies (networking, following up, working on her pitch), she was not moving forward. As an example, she referenced a few leads that had grown cold. What is the problem?

Now it could very well be that she is not networking, following up, or positioning herself as well as she says. But even if she...