You worked hard to give your child everything they needed throughout their childhood. The ballet lessons, the soccer camps, the math tutors, the language coaches. The reading time, the trips to the library, the museum tours, the petting zoos. The SAT practice tests. The piles of books and fancy educational toys. And all of those digital gadgets.
In recent years it has become increasingly common for fully-grown, educated adults to move back in with their parents after they graduate from college.
There is even a name for it: the “boomerang generation”.
Job transitions are incredibly stressful. They are so stressful that I often find myself telling clients to take a deep breath and relax when we start to work together. Their voices shake and the stress energy reverberates off of them. I can sense that they are not sure what to do, where to go, what to expect – so many unknowns make for a nervous temperament. I want to make them a cup of tea and hand them a soft blanket. Rub their hair and say in a soothing, motherly tone that everything will be okay in the end.
I get inspired to write from my clients. And sometimes my neighbors.
This morning on my walk back from dropping my son at school I had a chat with one of the other moms. She looked haggard (well, we all do some mornings, don’t we?) and mentioned that she just took a job in Cambridge MA. That’s a 45 minute commute from us without traffic. My breath caught. Ohh…you have 3 kids…ohh…you have to leave at 6am every morning…ohh…your morning nanny just quit…ohh…
There are many great answers to this question, but they are not always clear or straight forward. Liberal arts majors and graduates need to do extra, focused work to develop clarity about their career path and how what they study will apply to the professional world.
Question: What is the first thing you do when you think about looking for a new job?
Answer: Pull up LinkedIn job boards and search Google to see what is out there.
Sound familiar? It’s okay. Everyone does it.
