Over the past two decades I have noticed this very strange trend. People are working more and taking less vacation time. Additionally, when the do take time off, they maintain e-mail contact with the office. Whether it’s less vacation time, or increasing contact with the office while away, we are losing our vacation time. What’s the . . . → Read More: Vacation Time
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A person called me to learn more about the career services I offered and asked me a classic question: “Do you have any of those career tests that tell you what you should be when you grow up?” This question comes out of a myth that says ‘tests’ can tell you what you should be doing for . . . → Read More: Got A Career Test? One of the common challenges my clients experience is the feeling that they should only choose ‘hot careers’. By this, they are referring to those economic sectors that are experiencing rapid growth and for which there is typically a skill shortage. This perception is followed by the logic that if one takes an educational program in . . . → Read More: The seduction of ‘hot careers’ The challenge is that all you learn from your mistakes is what not to do. They don’t tell you what to do. One of the key founding ideas in professional career management is that the study of individual *successes*, not failures, is the most valuable tool in career planning. Hence, I invite you to consider what . . . → Read More: Do we learn from our career mistakes? I am always amazed when I listen to people talk and hear a belief that their career will ‘take care of itself’. Careers are designed and built – or they do not happen. What happens instead is a series of accidents – some of them lucky, most of them not. The saddest thing in the world is . . . → Read More: Careers don’t just happen! Have you ever watched the face of people going to work on a Monday morning? The first time I did, I had a traumatic experience. It was a warm September morning many years ago on the bus going to my job. As I watched people sitting and standing opposite me, I was overwhelmed with the expressions . . . → Read More: Career Myths This is the space where I will be sharing my personal and professional interests, views and passions. This is a space where you are welcome to comment and react and be a part of a dynamic learning. Whether it is about your career development, teams, creativity or the current state of the environment, I will be . . . → Read More: Welcome to my Blog! |
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