Guidance counselors in high school often use interest inventories to identify the interests a student has at 17 or 18 and put them on a career path for life. But our interests at 18 can be very different than our interests at 28, 38, or 48.
Elaine Bisson is the mother of a 17 yr. old boy. ... Views: 606
What is a key obstacle that stands in the way of your young adult moving successfully from high school to higher education or training?
This is the time of year when many 17, 18, and 19 yr. olds are considering their school and career options for next fall. There are significant obstacles ... Views: 1010
When I first met Kanwal Saria, it was clear that his success in software testing had been achieved by sacrificing his natural talent for creatively communicating ideas and opinions about subjects that stimulated him. "I was not able to use my natural talents and abilities as a software tester ... Views: 864
Do you hate your job? The power to change your career is right under your nose…well, behind your nose actually! Stored in your brain are memories about events and activities you truly enjoyed in life since childhood.
Do a quick inventory from your childhood years (ages6-12), then your teen ... Views: 763
Job change is the new workplace reality. Whether its voluntary or involuntary, an ever increasing number of us must learn to make effective job changes quickly in order to protect and promote our careers.
Some of the pressures to change jobs are external. For example, many professional ... Views: 886
The picture above of a man in a cart trying to pull a horse looks ridiculous, doesn’t it? This person is not going to get far. And yet, this is exactly where many of us end up in our careers because we put the cart in front of the horse.
Have you spent most of your time focusing on your ... Views: 712
You might think I’m an idiot for saying so but idiography is actually the study of individual cases or events to find a pattern of success. And that’s what I do to help individuals who have taken a career assessment with results that left them feeling more lost and confused than they felt ... Views: 814