Jim Peacock, CCSP

The Adventure of Finding Me in New Zealand is three books in one, as indicated in the author’s chosen title. One part adventure story, built around a harrowing near-death experience, one part coming-of-age story as a young man sees the world through different lenses and one part travelogue filled with interesting people, places and cultural insights.

As one might expect when journal notes are reviewed and edited thirty-five years later, the author chooses to add periodic updates to add… Show more

The Adventure of Finding Me in New Zealand is three books in one, as indicated in the author’s chosen title. One part adventure story, built around a harrowing near-death experience, one part coming-of-age story as a young man sees the world through different lenses and one part travelogue filled with interesting people, places and cultural insights.

As one might expect when journal notes are reviewed and edited thirty-five years later, the author chooses to add periodic updates to add texture to the interpretation of the time or the effect of its passing (like how an incident or person’s influence has impacted him even today). It’s fun to see how the sometimes simple and sweet 27-year-old’s emotions are interpreted by the mature author of today with the benefit of further “seasoning.” I’m sure it was an adventure in itself to review the old journal notes and see the formative phases of his current being and life.

It is a quick, flowing read that will take you to a different time and place. And little poems or fables inspired by his travels interspersed throughout help give a little more flavor to the cockles and pipi stew. All in all, a fun read that will make you wish you had detailed journal notes from an important phase of your life. (Review by Robert Hilarides) Show less

This book is for anyone who provides career services to people. You might be a career coach, academic advisor, career Field Guide for Career Practitionerscounselor, Department of Labor employee, one of the many people who work in our K-12 schools, adult educators, and others.

For years, I have been helping career service providers improve their skills so that the greatest number of people will receive quality career services. This book is a compilation of my best practices with students… Show more

This book is for anyone who provides career services to people. You might be a career coach, academic advisor, career Field Guide for Career Practitionerscounselor, Department of Labor employee, one of the many people who work in our K-12 schools, adult educators, and others.

For years, I have been helping career service providers improve their skills so that the greatest number of people will receive quality career services. This book is a compilation of my best practices with students and clients over the years ranging from the influence of the Happenstance theory, to using card sorts, to simply helping people change their mindset in their career development. Show less

Many organizations invest in stay interviews because the cost to hire new staff can be in the $1000’s for advertising, recruiter costs, and time to interview — and this does not include the loss of revenue that comes from having an open position. According to a Gallup (2015), one in two employees have left their job to get away from their manager. Also, 46% of U.S. employers report difficulty in filling positions. For this reason, many employers shift their focus to retaining the employees they… Show more

Many organizations invest in stay interviews because the cost to hire new staff can be in the $1000’s for advertising, recruiter costs, and time to interview — and this does not include the loss of revenue that comes from having an open position. According to a Gallup (2015), one in two employees have left their job to get away from their manager. Also, 46% of U.S. employers report difficulty in filling positions. For this reason, many employers shift their focus to retaining the employees they already have.

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As a career practitioner, how often have you seen a client juggling so many things that they can't move forward in their career development? If we are honest, most of us will admit to feeling like we are on a treadmill that is going faster than we can comfortably handle.
The practice of mindfulness can help us as career practitioners better serve our clients and we can help our clients use the practice to help them.

Your goal is to drive people to your business website and one way of doing that is through social media. If you have a private practice, I believe you must be on social media somewhere.

Posting What and Where
Social media is huge. There are many social media sites in the world but you have to find the places your customers/clients are “hanging out.”

I wrote this article after taking a day long "technology free" day looking back on my first 4 years of going full time with my Peak-Careers Consulting business.

Who are these non traditional students attending college and how to evaluate the benefits of further education. Looking at certificates, associate & bachelors degrees, and helping people reframe their current situation to look at education as an investment.

As advisors we often see the potential in our students and we can help each of them strive for their potential simply through encouraging words and "giving" them something they already had, just like the Wizard.

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I co-wrote this article after co-presenting the same topic at a conference. We identified three main reasons why a professional in higher education would want to utilize LinkedIn.