Career Change: Biased: We all carry around a head full of unconscious biases. That’s part of the deal of being human. Until they are gently raised to consciousness, they will continue to drive us in our decision-making. It is important that we are consciously choosing the lens through which we view our world. Social talent lists these […]
I find that the biggest career change quiz is the internal one: Do you Trust your head or your heart? In My opinion, it is really wise to trust your heart and decide from there. Remember, at this point in your life, when you are choosing career change, you are in a position of power. […]
Career Change: Failure. So you decided on your new career, you did the research, you applied for the job, you got the interview, and you got rejected? What now? Here’s an excerpt from a conversation I had this week with a colleague. We have both been trying phenomenally big new things. “I feel exhausted. I […]
If you Want A Career Change: Take Action. Sounds obvious right? But it’s important to take the right kind of action. If you have chosen to change your career you don’t have to need rush. But you do need to take action. It’s important to explore, ask the questions, test things out, volunteer, be mentored, shadow […]
Career Change at 40: Have you ever been triggered into trying to be someone you are not? Oscar Wilde did say “be yourself, everyone else is taken”. But, maybe we all have an element of people-pleasing within us? A really big trigger for me lies around going into situations I am unfamiliar with. As a […]
My apologies but I cannot give you career change advice. Why? Because however similar we appear to be, we cannot share the same core values & thus we will not be working with the same beliefs. We might be the same gender, approximate age, the same ethnic origin, and from a similar socio-economic group. We […]