Lately, I have been having a lot of conversations with people who are tired.
Not just physically tired — though that is part of it when you are working 10 and 12-hour shifts. I mean the kind of tired that comes from spending years doing something that stopped feeding you a long time ago. People who are smart, capable, and completely stuck.
Some of them were laid off. Some are still showing up every day to jobs they dread. All of them are asking the same question underneath everything else they say: is it too late for me to do something different?
It is not too late. But the path forward looks different than it did even five years ago.
The job market has changed. Resumes get filtered by software before a human ever reads them. Industries that seemed stable are shifting. And the tools available to help people make strategic career moves — particularly AI tools used the right way — have made it possible to go from stuck to actively interviewing faster than most people realize.
I have spent nearly 30 years helping people communicate clearly and position themselves well. I have written books, consulted with organizations, and worked with individuals going through some of the hardest transitions of their professional lives, especially during 2020. This work is not new to me. What is new is what is possible now with the right tools and someone who knows how to use them on your behalf.
If you are in a season of transition — whether by choice or by circumstance — I would love to talk with you about where you are and where you want to go.
Send me a message and let's have that conversation.
— Nicholl McGuire
nichollmcguire@yahoo.com
