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Welcome!
 

Thank you for visiting my website to learn about the benefits of my life and career management coaching and consulting services.  You will find that the information on these pages details my services in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand format.

I invite you to sign up for Tips from LaRock, a free, brief monthly message with life and career hints that I know you will find informative and useful.  Click on Contact Barbara; the Tips signup page will pop up. 

Is your job secure in this economy?

  • Make sure you're visible in your organization.  Offer to take on extra projects and responsibilities.

  • Be prepared.  Keep your resume updated.  Make sure you resume includes quantifiable data that highlights your accomplishments and results.

  • Avoid participating in passing on office rumors and gossip.

  • Develop a plan B and be ready to activate that plan if you do get a pink slip.

  • Think about what non-proprietary, non-confidential information you need to take with you.

Following are hints to help you manage job loss:

  • Ask your employer about severance, COBRA and outplacement services.

  • Acknowledge the emotions you are feeling. Take a few days to let the loss sink in.

  • Activate your network and network everywhere you go.  Develop and practice your self-introduction.  Become proficient at using social media.

  • Develop a strategy to manage your finances while you're out of work.

  • Spend some time identifying activities that energize and sustain you when you're stressed and engage in those activities during your job search.

  • Consider who you will ask for references(s).

  • Check out my Resources--->Other Resources tab for valuable reading suggestions.

How may I help you move forward?

Feel free to contact me via telephone, email (contact information below) or via my Contact Barbara page on this website.  I'd love to hear from you.

July Quotations

"People don't notice whether it's summer or winter when they're happy."

Anton Chekhov

...and on a lighter note...

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing and
the lawn mower is broken."

James Dent
 
 

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Barbara M. LaRock, M.Ed., is a Limited Liability Company.
 
  DISCLAIMER: No information, advice, or suggestion on this site is intended to take the place of a therapist or professional in the relevant subject area. The information presented throughout this site should not be interpreted as a substitute for one's own responsible evaluation of information or services.
 


For more information, please contact Barbara LaRock at 703-709-8600 or via email at Go to Contact page..
 
 
 


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