Crossroads Career Network

As we all begin to fully embrace 2012 and all of its expectations, I couldn’t help but reflect upon God’s goodness. Throughout life, He continues to remain constant, that steady rock that never changes – regardless of our circumstances. He continues to go before you. He continues to go before me. Seeing Life through His [...]

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Mathew 28:19-20 As I sit before a blank [...]

With the economy remaining unstable and with the House just approving the two-month payroll tax cut extension, it may seem like the world around us is crumbling. This, like everything else in life, depends upon how you look at it and whom you’re placing your trust in. While you can’t control the world around you, [...]

Recently I was reading a 3-part article by a friend of mine on personal branding in the job search. It reminded me that I wrote an article a while back on building a Digital Career Identity by focusing on blogging.  The intent of these articles was to encourage you to start building a career-focused professional [...]

I’ve been reading. Books. Yes, those paper things that in the 1990s various pundits were predicting would be completely extinct by now and replaced entirely with digital publishing. Of course this didn’t happen. But over the last few years we’ve actually seen a serious up-tick in this progress as ebook readers, such as Amazon.com’s Kindle [...]

Thanksgiving is a great day to announce our 2012 Crossroads Career Workbook “Maximize Your Career.” Thanks be to God for the thousands of volunteers who have served tens of thousands of career explorers – from whom we have learned much about the latest and greatest tips and tools to find jobs, careers and calling. Much [...]

During one of my lectures on job searches, a participant asked, “What about those tough questions about salary and travel, how should I answer them?” I knew exactly what he was asking, because I had fretted over answering those same questions during my last job search. “What if I leave off the salary, will they [...]

I remember when I was discharged from the Army; it was easy for me to translate my Public Information Detachment experience as an E-5 Sergeant into my first career in advertising and public relations management. But what if I had been a tank commander looking for a civilian job? You’ve spent years of your life [...]

Have you ever desired to faithfully follow God’s plan for your life but were still confused at what path you should take? Or frustrated when He told you to wait? If you answered ‘yes’ to one or both questions, you’re not alone. All of us, at some point, feel confused and do not perfectly understand [...]

For many of us, job search is about the scariest thing in the world. The fear of failure hangs in the air, whether it is writing a resume, networking with people you don’t know or interviewing with someone who is judge and jury. May I suggest we approach job search like you are going trick [...]