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You’ll find a collection of resources, tips, and strategies to help you gain clarity and confidence through life’s major academic and career transitions.
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Free Food: Work Perk or Boundaries Blur?
As a young professional, free employee lunch could be the key benefit to accepting a job offer. Anything that makes it easier to eat while managing living expenses and student loans is a huge perk. But does free always really mean free? Read my latest blog to consider the benefits of your workplace perks.
How Do You Choose a Career Based on Your Personality?
Have you ever taken a personality test to see what job you should be doing? It can be an eye-opening experience! Beyond education and skills, some personality types are simply better suited for a given profession. In my latest blog, I review some of the different personality attributes that will help you narrow down your ideal career choices.
How Do You Relate to Different Personality Types?
People who take time to learn about the way their own mind and emotions work often have an easier time setting and achieving goals. Self-knowledge helps us have better self-control when facing life’s challenges and successes. This self-knowledge is also important in building relationships.
How Well Do You Know Your Personality Type?
The most successful people are generally very self-aware. They know what makes them tick, what they are good at, where they need to delegate, and what motivates them. That kind of self-knowledge is powerful!
Navigating a Career Change
What can you do when you discover that what you thought was your chosen field just isn’t the right fit? You poured so much time, effort, and money into learning these skills, and the feeling that it was all wasted is overwhelming. First and foremost, don’t despair. While transitioning into something new may come with costs, you are most definitely not back at square one.
Job Search Strategies: Networking
Learning how to network is a crucial career skill, and the relationships you build through networking can open more doors than you ever imagined.
Market Yourself with a Solid LinkedIn Profile
Every successful CEO knows that marketing is key to creating the company’s brand. Think of LinkedIn as the place where you can market yourself as the perfect candidate for the career you want. Follow these tips to project the right professional image.