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From Fighter Jets to Fights on the Campaign Trail, Burton Dicht has Engineered A Varied and Successful Career. A former engineer of fighter jets, Burton Dicht, approaches challenges with meticulous planning—but his unlikely career path has… Read more
First-Time Job Hunters and Five O’Clock Club Veterans Prove Our Methodology Works
by Jane Rubinsky Preparation and Focus Pay Off Like many people, Samantha found herself “floundering around a bit” when she lost her job handling mergers and acquisitions and partnership alliances for a large publishing company. “I sort… Read more
Handling Conflict at Work
Nancy Deering In Greek the word utopia literally means no place. For us it means paradise, a place of bliss and peace, but the irony was probably intended: there is no place without worries, problems and conflict. So, in this life no one has… Read more
The HR Hero of the Year Award Goes to . . . Gerry Cappelli
Lucky to Have Been surrounded by People Who Held Her Accountable to Do the Right Thing Ms. Gerry Cappelli, 2013 HR HERO OF THE YEAR for outstanding compassion and decency to employees. It is truly an honor to be accepting this award today. I… Read more
Why Can’t I Get a Job?
How to Debunk the “No One’s Hiring” Myth: Twelve Proven Methods to Help You Land—Yes!—a Job Looking for a job right now feels overwhelming. But companies are hiring, and, if you do the right things, one will hire you. The Five… Read more
How to Handle the Phone: A Life Skill
How to Handle the Phone: A Life Skill by Kate Wendleton I wrote to Betty, a senior HR executive whom I have known for years, asking her to be on a panel addressing about 100 other executives. A few days later, I called her office. Her… Read more
SUCCESSFUL JOB HUNTERS REPORT Renewable Energy . . . for a new career
When Mary Mooney first joined The Five O’Clock Club,” says Chip Conlin, Senior Five O’Clock Club Career Coach, “she knew the one thing that she did not want to do—and that was to practice law in the traditional way.” While Mary had… Read more
Making a Difference in a Different Career Rochelle Cohen Reporting on Her Successful Job Search
One of the industries that has felt an impact in the recent economic recession has been advertising. With more and more companies struggling just to keep their doors open, much less remain profitable, advertising budgets have been among the… Read more
Managing Down NOT Up
When it comes to being perceived as effective at your job, many of us have followed the advice that “to be successful you must learn to manage up”—i.e., keep your boss happy and you will never have to worry. Though this maxim contains a shade… Read more
Managers and Executives Are Landing Good Jobs
Kate Wendleton, the Founder of the Five O’Clock Club, asked me recently; “why are so many of your clients landing good jobs in this challenging market?” The question got me thinking. Well I am old enough not to think it is because of my… Read more
Job Search, American Style
by Katherine Meeks, Five O’Clock Club Career Coach Americans have a unique approach to job search and career development, and people born abroad sometimes have trouble adjusting to it. So I’m going to offer seven insights into American thinking… Read more
Five O’Clock Club Coaches at Work in the Workplace: Helping Organizations Optimize and Retain Top Talent (Part I)
by David Madison, Ph.D., Director, The National Guild of Five O’Clock Club Career Coaches This is the first in a series of three articles on the broad topic of executive coaching and leadership development, based on interviews with senior Five… Read more
The New Normal: Employee, Consultant and back again
by Kate Wendleton For decades, we have been reminding clients that all positions are temporary. You may receive a W-2 at year-end, a 1099, or both—but no work you do is permanent. Sometimes, a consulting assignment turns into an on-payroll… Read more
Emotional Roller Coaster
10 Ways to Confront job-Search Stress by David Madison, Ph.D.Director of the National Guild of Five O’Clock Club Career Coaches “In this world,” Ben Franklin wrote in 1789, “nothing is certain but death and taxes.” That was before the… Read more
Selling Your Value on the Job: How to Be a Winner
By Stacey Jerrold, Certified Five O’Clock Club Coach Have you ever felt stalled in your job? Perhaps you have been working at your company for a few years, getting good feedback and decent annual reviews…but you’re not getting ahead. You and… Read more
Understanding Organizational Culture
by Anita Attridge Five O’Clock Club Career Coach Joining a new company can be like moving to a foreign country. You will encounter new customs, dress, language, ideas and rules, and you will need to learn about all of these in order to do… Read more
Isn’t It Time You Got Yourself a Career Coach?
by Aurora Brito, certified Five O’Clock Club Career Coach As a career coach in private practice, I am often asked what it is exactly that I do. If you are reading this magazine you probably have a better understanding of the role of a career… Read more
Job Hunt Success Stories From the Telephone Coaching Program
-by David Madison, PhD Landing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory How do you find a job that will allow you to use a background in physics and software testing? That was the challenge facing Brian Newport, who lived near Seattle. He searched the web… Read more
A Primer on Executive Coaching
By Margaret New Executive Coaching has been getting a lot of press in recent years. “So You’re a Player. Do You Need a Coach?” was published in Fortune (February 21, 2000). Instructions for “Building a Better CEO” appeared in The Wall Street… Read more
From Collecting Newspapers to Direct Marketing to . . . ? Profiling Five O. Clock Clubber Linda Hardy
by David Madison, Ph.D. “I’m trying to earn money to go to Norway. I’d like to come by your house and collect newspapers and aluminum cans once a week.” This was Linda Hardy’s pitch at age 13, as she went door-to-door in her California… Read more
Difficult Job Searches – Yield to The Five O’Clock Club Methodology
by David Madison, Ph.D. It’s not uncommon that people with the most difficult job searches end up at The Five O’Clock Club. They might be career changers who are attempting dramatic “course corrections,” or they may simply be seasoned professionals… Read more
No More Sweaty Palms: You Can Tame Performance Anxiety
by Richard Rabkin, M.D. You’re standing at the podium, about to present the pitch that will determine whether your company gets the client–and may decide whether you keep your job. Your fingers won’t stop drumming and fidgeting, and you feel a… Read more
Coping with Success: Managing Energy Gone Awry
by Marilyn Puder-York, PhD As a clinical psychologist who counsels successful executives, I regularly encounter clients whom I call “high energy.” These people are stars: Exceptionally bright and creative, they are most often leaders, heads of… Read more
The Forty-Year Plan® . . . It’s (Almost) Never Too Late: How to Create Your Future Five Years at a Time
By David Madison, Ph.D. When my daughter was a month old, I started writing a daily diary to preserve memories of her growing up. She’s now 28 and I haven’t missed a day since. Now well past the l0,000 page mark–and with my daughter living in… Read more
Losing Your Mentor: Strategies for Coming Out on Top
by Robin White Goode Welcome to the Five O’Clock Club Chat Room! Just like an online chat room, where people from all over the country exchange ideas on various subjects, our Chat Room column will be a forum of ideas, advice, concerns, strategies… Read more
Planning for Career Success: Those Who Plan Do Better; Here’s How
See, it’s like a game of cards and if you think the game is worthwhile, then you just play the hand you’re dealt. Sometimes you get a lot of face cards, sometimes you don’t. But I think the game’s worthwhile. I really do. Christopher Reeve, former… Read more
Six Predictors of Career Success — The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts
The Five O’Clock Club Sponsored a Study to Help You Get Ahead: Understand Your Industry; Develop Your Contacts by Terri Lowe, Ph.D. People who see themselves as successful told us that they: are knowledgeable about trends in their… Read more