Career Advice Blog
Do you often feel like the only adult in the room? You are the one who remembers the deadlines, fixes the printer without being asked, and notices when a colleague is having a bad day. If you value stability, loyalty, and practical results, you are likely an ISFJ. Known as "The Defender," you are the unsung hero of the workplace—the backbone that keeps organizations standing.
However...
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1. How to create SMART goals
Here are the Super Excerpts and Tags for the next five articles.
1. SMART Goals for Professional...
Most people spend more time planning their annual vacation than they do planning their career. We tend to "drift" through our professional lives, reacting to whatever job openings happen to appear or...
Navigating the job market often feels like shouting into a void. You upload your resume to the big sites, hit "Easy Apply," and... silence. The "Black Hole" of modern recruiting is real, and it is...
"I got let go." When a friend texts you this, the immediate reaction is often panic. We don't know what to say, so we offer platitudes like "Everything happens for a reason," or we immediately try to...
A layoff knocks you down from the top of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs straight to the bottom. In an instant, you go from worrying about "self-actualization" to worrying about survival. It is a shock to...
"It’s not what you know, it’s who you know." We roll our eyes at the cliché, but we can't deny the truth: opportunities rarely come from a job board; they come from people. Yet, for many, "networking"...
The average job search now takes over 6 months. That is half a year of uncertainty, rejection, and silence. But the reason it takes so long isn't just "the economy." It is often because we are trying...
Why do 80% of New Year's resolutions fail by February? Because they are usually rigid wishes ("Lose 10 pounds," "Get promoted") rather than grounded intentions. We obsess over the result without...
We use the word "burnout" casually to mean "tired." But professional burnout is not just fatigue; it is a medical state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress. It is...
"I need help." That is the hardest admission to make. But once you say it, you are faced with a confusing marketplace: Therapists, Counselors, Life Coaches, Executive Coaches. Who do you actually...
"If you don't ask, you won't receive." We know the cliché, but when the moment comes to negotiate salary, most of us freeze. The impostor syndrome kicks in: "They already offered me the job; I don't...
"It's too late to start over." That is the lie that keeps people stuck in unfulfilling careers for decades. We look at the time we have invested in a specific field and fall victim to the "Sunk Cost...
