Similar to a regular physical or dental check-up, it is good to do a Career check-up as well. Essentially this involves taking stock of various aspects of your career, identifying areas which are not ideal and taking steps to improve those areas. Doing this on a regular basis, maybe every 6-12 months, can help you… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Career Guidance & Discovery
Carly Fiorina: The Dynamics of Change and Fear
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP (1999-2005) talks about the dynamics of change and fear in this lecture to Stanford University students offered in May, 2007. She notes that entrepreneurship is about risk-taking, and this is always associated with tackling innovation. Fiorina concludes that asserting change involves gathering enough energy and force to overcome the… Continue Reading
Managing an Intelligent Career
Change, ambiguity and shifting relationships are recurrent themes in contemporary career development. In turn, personal success in the knowledge economy calls for self awareness, adaptability and the ability to work with others. A challenge for today’s employees is to better develop these skills and and contribute to the comtemporary knowledge driven organisation. Organisations in the… Continue Reading
Book review: Working Identity (Unconventional Strategies For Reinventing Your Career)
The process of career change is filled with confusion, fear and excitement. It is not easy to leave behind years of experience and education. Also, there is a great deal of uncertainty about how appropriate the new career direction is. To help people decide on their new career direction, career advisors assist them to assess their personality, skills and interests, in… Continue Reading
Great career advice from Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs offers some interesting career/life lessons, conveyed through a few personal stories. This speech was at a graduation ceremony at Stanford University…. Continue Reading
About psychometric assessments
When used in the career guidance context, psychometric assessments are questionnaires that are designed to assess attributes such as personality, ability, values and occupational interests/preferences. You might come across such assessments either on the internet, or through a career counsellor. They are useful but only if conducted properly. Many a times, people use them… Continue Reading