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ADHD/ADD getting in the way of finding a job?

by Jo Leonard | Sep 12, 2019

This is my 17th “Back to School”, or should I say “Back to Work”. In other words, it’s my 17th Autumn in the career coaching business. Job Seekers get all nostalgic When you work with young adults who are looking for jobs and careers in the workforce for the first...

College Grads – Choices. Choices.

by Jo Leonard | Jun 28, 2019

Chelsea’s story starts quite differently from most of the young professionals I meet. Their stories start with fond memories about childhood camps, nightmare stories about first jobs working as an ice cream server, and the excitement and freedom that comes along with...

Do I really need to hire a Career Coach?

by Jo Leonard | May 4, 2019

Why it Makes Sense to Hire a Career Coach in your 20’sI am constantly answering questions about career coaching, from college students, parents, and the young professionals I meet while out and about. While the basic concept of this coaching specialty is simple to...

Part Two: Take Charge of Your Career

by Jo Leonard | Mar 28, 2019

Part 2: Making a Change When I work with clients, we go through a version of the Career Inventory together. If you haven't read Part One of this two part blog, please go back and read it as it contains some really great assessment questions. Sometimes the result is...

Part One: Self Evaluate and Then Take Charge of Your Career

by Jo Leonard | Feb 20, 2019

Taking Charge of Your CareerIf you’re like many 20-Somethings out there, you may find yourself working a job you don’t exactly love. There are many reasons why you might be disenchanted with your current position, but this dissatisfaction can actually provide you with...

Wisdom to help 20-somethings manage their careers

by Jo Leonard | Feb 1, 2019

Career Navigation Strategies for Gen Y (aka Millennials)We interviewed Christopher Giangrasso, who heads up Human Resources at a publicly traded corporation in the Philadelphia area. Chris is a good friend of mine, and with 30 years of experience supporting a...

Advanced Career Therapy for Reducing Stress and Anxiety

by Jo Leonard | Jan 16, 2019

Advanced Career Therapy for Reducing Stress and AnxietyIn my January 1st post, I started to talk about using Concomitant Career Therapy as a powerful tool for decreasing anxiety, finding perspective, and pulling oneself out of mental malaise. Many of my clients are...

Anxious? Try Career Therapy.

by Jo Leonard | Jan 1, 2019

Anxious? Try Career Therapy.It’s a brand new year, and that signals the opportunity for making a fresh start. Setting resolutions is supposed to be motivating, but many of my clients find that the pressure to be a better person each January does more harm than good....

Should My Child Take the ACT or the SAT?

by Jo Leonard | Dec 26, 2018

As a college counselor in Bucks County, PA, I help students and their families navigate the college application process. Standardized testing is one of the cornerstones of the process and I am often asked by clients, “should my child take the Act or the Sat...or even...

Wisdom in your Teens and 20s Comes From Looking Backward and Forward

by Jo Leonard | Dec 16, 2018

As a career coach, I am always focused on helping my clients move forward by taking clearly defined actions. That might look like choosing a college major, updating a resume to start the internship search, or coming up with the key bullets to answer the Tell Me About...

Matching Values With Vocation for College Students

by Jo Leonard | Nov 28, 2018

Matching Values With Vocation for College StudentsOne of the biggest struggles my clients face arises from a clash between their values and their expectations. This is often the root cause of mental malaise or an existential attitude, which I talked about in my last...

How Come No-One Taught Me How to Write About Myself. AKA. College Essays S–K!

by Jo Leonard | Nov 25, 2018

May through September are brutal months for High School Seniors who are in the throes of writing college application essays, and who hate writing; and let me tell you, there seem to be more and more of them out there. What's going on? Well, rather than wax poetic...