Wendy Adams, author and Managing Partner of The Career Coach, a performance management and career services company serves professionals within all workforce environments. Her first book, The CoachCompass®: Navigation Tools for Career and Life Success, released in 2005 can be found through her website: www.coachcompass.com.

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	MAKE THAT NET-WORK by Wendy Adams - May, 2011 The old adage of its not what you know, but who you know will never go out of style. We see it daily represented in almost anything publically displayed in the media. Now that media is currently most strongly held in the hands of the people, there is no shortage of proof that power is gr...
	Evaluate Your Coach Before You Hire by Wendy Adams - May, 2011 Just as organizations evaluate consultants before hiring them to provide guidance; it is critically important to carefully evaluate a career coach when seeking assistance in your career. Finding the appropriate coach will make all the difference, and can often: 1) increase your chances of...
	SETTING BOUNDARIES: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT by Wendy Adams - Apr, 2011 How successful do you want to be? If you prescribe as many do, to the Psychological Contract, you expect to at the very least feel as if you are supported in your success on the job. Whenever an employee and employer enter into a relationship, there are assumptions that they share the s...
	Career Tune-up by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2010 When was the last time tuned-up your career assets? What exactly are career assets? These are those things that allow you to seamlessly win the career race every time you compete. After all, everyone knows the best time to look for a new job is when you don’t need one. “Wait a minute,...
	Create a Career Strategy by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2010 With millions of college graduates entering the legitimate job market within the next year, the main question employers will be asking is, "How skilled and prepared will this workforce be?" Many undergrads will be compelled to stay in school, increasing the school loan burden and attempti...
	Share your Career Journey by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2010 There are a million little events that happen in our careers that are often forgotten rather than over-embellished. While we are eager to capture our personal lives in nano-seconds, our career steps are often overlooked. BLOGS change all this. For years, I have recommended that my coach...
	Social Network Your Career Success by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2010 Hey girl, are you a new grad? Consider owning your own business. Women have gained in the controlling share of the current “spend”, racking up over 3 trillion dollars in revenues through women-owned business in the last year. Our very nature assigns our gender to find the greatest succes...
	Success with a Career Coach by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2010 Career coaching is in its infancy as an industry. When I began coaching in the 1990’s the term was brand new. Now there are so many coaches, it can cause confusion as to what any coach can do and what the client should expect from that coach. Coaches can fall into one or several of the f...
	A Company of One: Competitive Advantages by Wendy Adams - May, 2009 There is a common theme in both business and career success that can ensure achievement for anyone who is committed to success in their career. This is the premise of representing and articulating Competitive Advantages. Competitive Advantages are not things you often will think about, y...
	What Employers are Looking for: Employability by Wendy Adams - Sep, 2007 Excited and anxious to begin the job search, many graduates may erroneously believe the credential alone will carry them. Not so. Employability is a term that defines both the traits and the skills of the individual being considered. Rather than job or industry specific, these competenc...
	Negotiations: Get It Now! by Wendy Adams - Dec, 2006 As the ink was drying on the recent Washington Post article flagging unemployment lows at 4.4%, I couldn’t help hearing the distant screams of employers fearing that it would continue to spiral downward. Business is already lamenting the trends of shorter hire cycle times required to grab...
	Parents Only by Wendy Adams - Oct, 2006 As parents prepare to send their children to college this fall, many may find that they are confused about college and their child’s career. Educational entities are not in the business of justifying the education you choose or finding your child employment once they send you the bill. S...
	5 Warning Signs of Career Derailment by Wendy Adams - Sep, 2006 While we are celebrating a robust and healthy workplace, it becomes easy to allow our careers to coast. Choosing to become a non-active participant however may place a risk to our careers. Here are 5 warning signs and how to use them to your best advantage. You have been in your job l...
	Reversal of Family Fortune by Wendy Adams - Jun, 2006 In the late 1990’s, our business reputation was such that many unlikely organizations hired us to speak on the message of diversity. Atypical to the usual banter of the time, our approach was all encompassing (race, gender, cultural, generational and socio-economic); we were repeatedly in...
	Harsh Realities by Wendy Adams - Jun, 2006 As 1.4 million college graduates enter the legitimate job market within the next year, the main question employers will be asking is, "How skilled and prepared will this workforce be?" Without a clear strategy or focus, it is likely that this first "real" job will last only a year for man...
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