Candace Moody

Writer specializing in career development and workforce issues. Strong voice and strong views on the Gig Economy and the future of work. A

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Nov. 23, 2020

Your Work Your Way

How to be Discovered

Everyone loves the idea of being discovered. Lana Turner’s discovery at a Hollywood drug store is a show-business legend. (According to Wikipedia), sixteen-year-old Turner skipped a high school typing class and bought a Coke at the Top Hat Cafe…

Nov. 16, 2020

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FlexJobs Supports Military Veterans and Spouses with Discounted Subscription

Even before the pandemic changed the way we work, military spouses faced special challenges in finding and retaining traditional jobs. Military spouses face uncertainty every day; their service member could be called in to duty, deployed or delayed…

Nov. 9, 2020

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Happiness is More Time, Not More Money

“Spending of the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it, reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and…

Oct. 30, 2020

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Monsters in the Workplace

Halloween is my favorite holiday, so I’m focused on spooks, monsters, and things that go bump in the night today. Here are some monsters you might encounter in the workplace even after Halloween. Ghosting Recruiters. The term “ghosting” first…

Oct. 26, 2020

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Just Start. Ugly is fine.

I’m staring at a blank screen. Blank. I’m stuck on stop and I need to move to go. If you’ve ever aspired to write, you know the feeling. If you’ve ever aspired to any goal, business, personal, or health, you know the feeling. The easiest thing in the…

Oct. 19, 2020

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Coaching Yourself

Eileen Mulligan is the author of Life Coaching: Change Your Life in Seven Days. The book is designed to help readers reassess their lives, redefine success, and set new goals. Mulligan says that “problems are a useful and necessary part of your…

Oct. 12, 2020

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Interested in a Permanent WFH Arrangement? FlexJobs Offers a Template for Talking with Your Boss

A recent survey found that 65% of people said they would prefer to work at home full-time after the pandemic. and 31% would prefer a hybrid work arrangement (combo WFH and in-office). 51% of survey respondents say they have been more productive…

Oct. 5, 2020

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The Pandemic has been Hard on Micromanagers

A global crisis no one saw coming and no one sees ending (for now) can make even the strongest of us feel out of control. Having your workforce working from home in their bunny slippers for months at a time is challenging for any manager. Pity the…

Sep. 28, 2020

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There is No Japanese Word for Retirement

There is, in fact, no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense of “leaving the workforce for good” as in English. This is one of the fascinating differences between our cultures that bears some investigating. That’s the purpose of the book…

Sep. 21, 2020

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Less Ego, More Soul

Jane Ioli is a business coach and author of Less Ego, More Soul: A Modern Reinvention Guide for Women, a book based on her personal journey and the work she’s done with thousands of business clients she’s coached over the course of her career. Ioli…

Sep. 14, 2020

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Create a Fresh Fall Routine

Fall is almost here, and for most of us, the change of season will be welcomed as a chance for a fresh start. Here in Florida, fall is mostly in our head, but we look forward to it anyway. Even in this crazy year, the start of school along with…

Sep. 7, 2020

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Think Twice Before You Say “Good Job!”

Good job! How could saying something kind be cruel? It turns out that praise has a dark side; its effects have been studied extensively in children, but I believe praise can have negative effects on adults as well. In a recent New York Times article,…

Aug. 31, 2020

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Be a Weed

(This is a reprint of a post from 2015.) I attended a national conference in 2015 and had the great pleasure of hearing Victor Hwang speak. At the time he was CEO of T2 Venture Creation, a Silicon Valley firm that builds startup companies and designs…

Aug. 24, 2020

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Our National Gap Year

Here’s another take on this weird, endless, awful year: let’s consider it a gap year. Seth Godin writes that many students are considering taking a gap year, delaying starting or continuing college until things return to normal – or as close to it as…

Aug. 17, 2020

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A Great Thank You Note

I recently heard about a candidate who had great qualifications for the position, but made what might have been a near-fatal mistake. She interviewed well, but she didn’t send a thank you note after the meeting. The hiring manager confessed that it…

Aug. 10, 2020

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How to Get Better at Anything

In her book Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity, Danessa Knaupp tells the story of Tim Gallwey, who authored The Inner Game of Tennis in the 1970s. Gallwey claimed he could teach anyone to play competitive tennis in less than an…

Aug. 3, 2020

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Be the Coach, Not the Boss

In previous posts, I wrote about how your advice habit is making everyone around you feel less empowered and less smart. Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever, a book about…

Jul. 27, 2020

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Your Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

(A version of this post appeared previously in my Jacksonville Business Journal column The Careerist.) Your LinkedIn photo takes up just a square inch or so of your profile, but it can have a big impact on how people connect with you. Knowing how…

Jul. 20, 2020

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Listen More, Talk Less

In a previous post, I explored why giving advice isn’t working for you or the people you’re trying to help. Today’s post is designed to get you into a productive listening mode. Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay…

Jul. 13, 2020

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Take My Advice. On the Other Hand, Please Don’t.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. you can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. -Naguib Mahfouz Michael Bungay Stanier says you have an advice problem. I have one, too. Bungay Stanier is the author of The Advice Trap: Be…