The thing about crisis is that we all experience it from time to time in our personal and professional work lives. A career dilemma may present itself suddenly and unexpectedly—or it may the culmination of long-term processes. Many people are going through layoffs, work reductions, disruptions. Financial and psychological hardship may follow. But crossroads also offer

Managing your work search well—discovering the right work, landing a new job, making a career change or re-entering the workplace—tests your mettle. It challenges your creativity and perseverance. The path to achieving your goals is uneven at best. Its ups and downs can take a real toll on your self-confidence. How can you successfully manage through it?

Have you felt disappointed as you look for a new job, career change or seek out the right livelihood? Have your best efforts failed to result in the positive outcome you expected? Perhaps your work search has taken longer than you’d hoped, been more demanding. A promising opportunity may have fallen through. Disappointment is a part of growth and change. Good coping strategies

Constant worry takes a real toll. Anxiety is a part of the job search, career change and re-entering the workplace. But if allowed to flourish, worry will rob you of the energy, focus and resolve you need to achieve your goals. It simply will not serve you. While fully overcoming anxiety is unlikely, you can

What is the secret to achieving your goals? Set goals that are meaningful to you, clear, focused, flexible and supported by consistent, planned action. Goals are targets—you’re taking aim at successfully finding the right work, changing careers, re-entering the workplace or thriving as an entrepreneur. Goals inform