Career Advice that will get you the job, salary and career you want.
Welcome to my Web site where you'll find practical advice on the issues you face in your career and on the job. Whether you're changing careers, want to get along better at work, move up in your field or work less and enjoy life more...or are interested in work-from-home careers, my syndicated newspaper column, books, video podcast and estore can help.
9 Steps to Get Out of Your Funk & On to Your Future
Designed for career changers of every age, this life-changing book works like a one-on-one counseling session, showing you how to discover and create a career that fits your life and who you are-not what others think you should be. You’ll discover how to have more meaning, more control and less stress in your life and [...]
Read more about Life’s a Bitch and Then You Change Careers >>
Recent syndicated newspaper columns
I am fed up with headlines like this one from the Los Angeles Times: "Is a college degree still worth it?" and the even worse subhead, "As U.S. employment patterns evolve a diploma is no longer a guarantee of a better job and higher pay." No kidding. [...]
Read more >>Unemployment, underemployment and general frustration about one's job do not usually bring out the best in people. Unless of course, you subscribe to the "Don't wait for your ship to come in; swim out to it" philosophy. [...]
Read more >>I'm on another science kick. It began April 20, 2010, the day an explosion took place aboard the Deepwater Horizon, the drilling rig leased by BP that caught on fire, killed 11 crew members and injured 17, sank in 5,000 feet of water, began leaking crude oil from a broken pipe and has led to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. [...]
Read more >>I understand the need to vent about your boss. Half the people who come to me do so to moan about all the stupid things-in their estimation-that their bosses do. [...]
Read more >>In The Media
- AOL’s Daily Finance interview on ‘Freakin’ Job’ Website
- ABCNews.com on how and when to stand your ground
- Essence.com interviews Andrea on how to successfully change careers
- WCPO-TV interview on career change and making yourself stand out in a job search
- Wall Street Journal & Marketwatch.com get Andrea’s input on resumes
- How to manage your boss interview on Wetfeet.com
- Andrea on career change on KMPS Seattle and KFI-AM in Los Angeles
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Podcasts
- Andrea regularly produces the popular "Career Whisperer" video podcast.
View current and archived podcasts. - Subscribe via RSS.
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Get Unstuck
- If you just can't seem to figure out how to solve an issue you're facing at work or in your career, try this to get unstuck. Click here for "Andrea's Analysis" Worksheet.
Awards
Andrea Kay was named "Best Career Counselor" by Cincinnati Magazine
Andrea was awarded the Women In Communications Gem Award
For adherence to the highest standards of practice in professional communications and support of women in the work force.
Andrea was given the 2009 Leading Woman Award for Consulting, Training and Education by Leading Women.
