Mike’s Blog

Many colleges and high schools do not offer career exploration courses and or career readiness for the students. It’s awesome if a student knows exactly what they want to do for a career at 15 but let’s face it, that’s rare. It takes time to learn and understand...

Speaking to students is where I get the best feedback about what is needed and what they are looking to achieve. The speaking engagements usually finish with a variety of students approaching me to inform me about the talk or to ask questions. My favorite comment was...

When I connect with leaders in the field of career readiness, I always ask them for advice about conferences to attend, books to read or which educators are on the cutting-edge of career readiness/workforce. So, when I had the opportunity to speak with one of the...

Workers are the unhappiest they’ve been in 3 years—and it can cost the global economy $8.8 trillion per CNBC’s Morgan Smith Oct 2023 That’s at least according to new research from BambooHR, which found that job satisfaction has suffered a steady decline since 2020....

One way to learn about the career world other than working/living it is to read books and/or ask the educators in the community which ones are best reads. Here’s a list and comments of the books I read and/or plan to read. Some, I have done videos on at my YouTube...