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New Chapter for Career Pivot

A message from Joe and Jonathan about the future

Sep 4, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

A Different Kind of Service

Finding purpose in travel after a career in public health

Dec 18, 2025 • CP Guest Post

The Art of Prepositioning

How Treating Your Career Like the Proposal Process Could be the Secret to Success

Dec 15, 2025 • Scott Webb

Your Expertise Isn't Free

What to Consider When Establishing Your Consulting Rates

Dec 11, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and CP Guest Post

You Don't Need Permission to Start Building Your Future

Three Entrepreneurial Habits to Navigate the Long Haul

Dec 8, 2025 • Laurie Pickard and CP Guest Post

How to Pivot

What to do When "Working the Room" Makes You Want to Puke

Exploring Networking from the Eyes of an Introvert

Nov 12, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

Beyond the Paycheck: How to Vibe-Check Your Next Job for True Well-being

Stop Leaving Career Satisfaction to Chance! Use the Workplace Wellbeing Wheel to develop a clear picture of how roles align with your personal needs and…

Nov 5, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

(Not so) Uncharted Territory: Leveraging Your Public Service Experience into a Career in Responsible Tech

Exploring careers in the tech space? This post is for you!

Oct 22, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and Charley Johnson

3 Sentences That Will Transform Your Next Networking Opportunity

You have seconds to make a first impression that can lead to employment. Make it memorable

Oct 17, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Pivot Success Stories

Growing in a New Direction

Using Connections and Curiosity to Rebuild After a Layoff

Oct 20, 2025 • CP Guest Post

When the Ground Shifts

Finding Purpose Again After the Fall

Oct 15, 2025 • CP Guest Post

Four Lessons Learned Getting a New Contracts Management Job

My odyssey from losing my Associate Director of Subcontracts job to getting a new Contract Management role

Oct 8, 2025 • CP Guest Post

From International to Local

Tips for your Pivot

Sep 26, 2025 • CP Guest Post

Staying Sane & Seeking Balance

What I'm Thankful For

Thanksgiving Reflections

Nov 27, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

Manifesting the 7 Types of Rest We All Need

Because comfort food and naps can only take you so far

Nov 14, 2025 • Claire M. Schwartz

Beyond the Paycheck: How to Vibe-Check Your Next Job for True Well-being

Stop Leaving Career Satisfaction to Chance! Use the Workplace Wellbeing Wheel to develop a clear picture of how roles align with your personal needs and…

Nov 5, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

What If Losing Your Job Is Grief?

Discover why career loss hits so hard—and how to move through it with strength and meaning

Oct 27, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and Laverne McKinnon

Unscripted Chapters

Redefining Success and Identity in Your Career Journey

Oct 3, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

Insider Insights

The Art of Prepositioning

How Treating Your Career Like the Proposal Process Could be the Secret to Success

Dec 15, 2025 • Scott Webb

Your Expertise Isn't Free

What to Consider When Establishing Your Consulting Rates

Dec 11, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and CP Guest Post

I Thought I Knew

What a Recruiter Learned when Faced with a Layoff

Dec 2, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and The Empathetic Recruiter

Why Recruiters Do Not Interview You (And How to Fix It)

The real reasons why you didn't get the interview, even though you are perfect for the role.

Oct 13, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Linkedin Career Change Tips & Tricks

Network Like You Mean It

Networking can feel gross, but it doesn't have to.

Oct 1, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and Jonathan Keenan

Excite Recruiters Now: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile with ChatGPT

Generative AI is the secret tool for better, faster LinkedIn profile updates that excite recruiters and intrigue hiring managers

May 20, 2025 • Wayan Vota

9 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for Recruiters to Find You Now

LinkedIn is your digital business card. Make it beautiful for algorithms and humans to search the database and recruit you for a new job

Apr 30, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Two AI Prompts for Awesome LinkedIn Profile Updates

Use Generative AI to update your LinkedIn profile, excite recruiters that are looking for qualified candidates just like you, and get your new job…

Apr 28, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Career Pivot Profile Clinic - Accelerate Your Job Search Today!

Invest in a Career Pivot Profile Clinic to improve your resume and LinkedIn profile, get interviews, and accelerate your job search

Apr 15, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Evolving Landscape of Development

Would You Take This USAID Job At The State Department?

What is left of the State Department needs people skilled in USAID regulations. Do you want to help them?

Aug 25, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Navigating Effectiveness vs. Accountability in Humanitarian Organizations

The two recent interviews highlight vast differences in the level of understanding about what makes aid effective.

Aug 18, 2025 • CP Guest Post

Surgical Precision in USAID Cuts: Death of Humanitarian Diversity in Real Time

We analyzed which organizations have the most surviving USG funding - for now.

Aug 12, 2025 • Wayan Vota

We Analyzed Every USAID & State Department Contract—Here's What Remains

Which USAID and State Department Grants or Contracts survive? Our best estimates are not pretty.

Aug 5, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Generative AI Career Pivot Tools

How to Show Real ChatGPT Skills on Your Resume Instead of Fake AI Expertise

The AI revolution isn't about who has the most badges. It's about who can get the most work done.

Nov 17, 2025 • Wayan Vota and Joe O'Connor

Growing in a New Direction

Using Connections and Curiosity to Rebuild After a Layoff

Oct 20, 2025 • CP Guest Post

Which AI Solution Writes the Best Cover Letters?

Stop writing cover letters by hand. AI can generate them faster and better today!

Aug 11, 2025 • CP Guest Post

$25,000 Mistake: 73% of Employers Expect Salary Negotiations. Are You Ready to Ask?

Introducing our new AI-Improved Interview and Salary Negotiation Toolkit

Jun 24, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Get Hired Faster: Download ChatGPT Job Search Networking Toolkit

How to use AI to improve your job search networking in minutes and without effort

May 31, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Humans of Development

Introducing Bots of Development: James David

Let's replace the entire international development ecosystem with efficient chatbot interfaces.

Aug 14, 2025 • CP Guest Post

Introducing Humanitarians of Development: Sophia Haughton

What an international recruiter learned from thousands of jobseekers and placements

Aug 7, 2025 • Sulakshana Gupta

Introducing Humans of Development: Adeniyi Charles Ajayi

A global health journey profoundly shaped by trust with local communities.

Jul 24, 2025 • Sulakshana Gupta

Introducing Humans of Development: Chandrika (Shani) Jayant

What a shift from the private sector into international development can teach us about our work

Jul 17, 2025 • Wayan Vota

Recent posts

Gather & Grow #7

Building connections in your backyard and across the globe

Dec 5, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

I Thought I Knew

What a Recruiter Learned when Faced with a Layoff

Dec 2, 2025 • Joe O'Connor and The Empathetic Recruiter

What I'm Thankful For

Thanksgiving Reflections

Nov 27, 2025 • Joe O'Connor

Side Hustle as a Lifeline

Your antidote to stagnation, self-doubt, and job search burnout

Nov 24, 2025 • Laurie Pickard and Joe O'Connor

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