I was talking to a client just now, we’ll call him Jack. Jack was very specific about the kind of role he wanted this time around. In his mid-fifties Jack was no longer interested in climbing the endless treadmill of promotion and empire building; instead work-life balance and geography—getting a job close to home was [...]

Just recently “Patty” wrote to me. Upset would be an understatement. She had hired several writers over the last couple of years to write a government application and had been sorely disappointed. She highlighted several issues. The last writer had written long and ponderous responses to each “key selection criteria” and feedback from the employer [...]