Throughout Women’s History Month, we celebrate how far women have come in the fight for gender equality in participation, seniority and pay. Today, March 31, 2020 is Equal Pay Day. The date seems random until you crunch the numbers and realize it symbolizes how far…
What Does Success Mean to You? A Tribute to Black History Month
Rosa Parks sat so that we could take a stand. Harriet Tubman ran so that we could walk free. Martin Luther King died so that we could live in his dream. It is during this month of February that we celebrate and honor those who…
Gender in the Workplace
Article by Guest Blogger, Taury Phelps, Intern at LifeWorkSource Gender is a part of daily life. We can’t ignore it, we can’t hide from it, and we can’t be ignorant about its implications on workplace behaviors. The positive news is that the growing knowledge about…
How Transferable Are My Skills?
Article by Guest Blogger, Taury Phelps, Intern at LifeWorkSource Finding and applying your transferable skills is among the most important steps in career development. Unfortunately, it is a step that most people overlook because we tend to think linearly when it comes to our careers…
What’s Your “Why?”
As a career-counselor-for-life, I love asking people not only what they do, but also the hows and whys of their career journey so far. It’s NOT so I can put a value on people based on their job title, education or experience level, or income….
Meet Taury & Connor
Meet the team working diligently behind the scenes to create and deliver strategic marketing plans, while learning about in-depth career development topics and what it takes to run a small coaching and consulting business. Taury Phelps, Ithaca College Pronouns: She, her, hersMajor/Minor: Culture and Communication…
Get to Know Caryanne
Article by Taury Phelps What better way to get to know a business, than to hear from the creator of that business? Caryanne Keenan, esteemed career coach and creator of LifeWorkSource, sat down with her team and shared a little about her life’s work and…
Why do my MBTI letters keep changing?
Have you ever gotten differing results when you’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) multiple times? It’s actually quite common. Some people are quick to discredit the instrument when this happens, but I’m here to tell you there is a reason (actually, a few). The…
PODCAST: Salary Negotiation for Women w/The 411k
Are you ready to confidently ask for what you deserve at work? If you’ve struggled with self-promotion and navigating negotiations, then this podcast is for you! I teamed up with the wonderful women of The 411k to explore salary negotiation for women in the workplace….
Salary Negotiation Tips for Women
In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, I created a video with 3 quick tips for women regarding salary negotiation. It’s clearly a much more complicated process, and I’m happy to help you with preparing, creating a pitch, and planning the right…
