February: The Price of Admission By: Julie Shipman, Career Coach Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com How much would you pay to see your favorite band live? If movie theater ticket prices doubled would you still leave the comfort of your home to see it on [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com We talk about, joke about, meme about mic drop moments. It's when an idea, concept, phrase, statement hits you with such force that you pause, you re-evaluate, you gain valuable understanding about something. I had that moment in December when [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Uniqueness. We talk a lot about uniqueness. No one wants to be mass-produced…. and yet, someone is buying all those Maroon 5 albums. We are all unique and we are all the same. It’s like the snowflake. The symbol of [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Have you ever noticed that the most grateful people are also the kindest? I don’t mean the people who will bend over backwards to do things for you, because they desperately need to be liked. I’m talking about the people [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com The economy is really strong right now. Candidates with certain skill sets have their pick of companies. When you are hiring, what sets you and your role apart? Why do some managers just seem to always be able to fill [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Have you ever been so frustrated about something your employee did or said that you began to treat them differently? Have you ever been the recipient of unfair behavior because your manager believed something about you that was inaccurate or [...]

Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Happy anniversary to the Wizard of Oz celebrating 79 years on August 25th. Dorothy was pretty smart. She surrounded herself with interesting characters. She could see the forest for the trees (now poppy’s, those were a little trickier) and she [...]

July: “When you leave, remember why you came….” By: Julie Shipman, Career Coach Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Does introspection play a role in every transition? More importantly, should it? There’s a statue on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN that has a [...]

June: In support of comfy pants By: Julie Shipman, Career Coach Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Remote work arrangements: good or bad? Do you ever work from home? Do you get distracted or are you more focused? How about the optics on working from home? [...]

May: Disruption – Innovative or annoying? By: Julie Shipman, Career Coach Have a question or comment? Connect with me at Julie.shipman@jwsgroupllc.com Disruption: “To break apart or to interrupt the normal course or unity of” As defined by Webster’s. It’s a word that marketing folks across the country seem to be [...]