We often sabotage our career (and life) with our fears ('I can't do that', 'They are looking at me!') , our extreme disorganization (running late, not finding the right stuff at th...
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Unemployment Part 1: Surviving the Employment
1. The best advice one heard about dealing with unemployment was that, for the unemployed, finding a job is their full-time job. Amen to that. Whenever yo...
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Unemployment Uncertainty is the only certainty. That is the unsung song of life.
Layoffs, furloughs (temporary layoffs) or career breaks should be taken as matter of fact as you take a new job offer o...
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Career change But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
- Ernest Hemingway
Our happiness at work usually declines at the mid-career mark, when we are halfway down the ...
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1. The company you work for, and the friendly HR (Human resources) people think of you as 'resource', and you thought they were your friend when they cut a birthday cake for you? The cake is a...
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Burnout 1. Burnout is an extreme reaction to work stress. If left unchecked, prolonged work related burnout and fatigue not only makes you physically ill but it can also warp your mind towards self-destructiv...
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Career change The most common reason people quit their job is either they see no growth (salary, skills, promotion) for them in the job, or they are simply all burned out- the work pressure is taking its toll.
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Career change There are many types of career changes: We move from a large company to a small company (or vice versa). We move from a low level job to a middle level job. We move from government to private industry...
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Career change You change careers, change the way you do things, the way you appear to others in the working world- you do all this once, you can do it again, and again...
First of all, you need courage...
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Career change Part 1: Why we hate work
- Ego ('I was not built for this', the rut)
- Salary (not enough)
- Promotion (lack of)
- Work environment (hostile, fear, mean people, boring, l...