The Perfect Careers Adviser
Last year, quite a few people contributed to our group exploration on the subject of ‘What careers advisers love about their job‘. This year we wanted to ask a question everyone can have an opinion on. Last time around we were stuck in the real world (some might say stuck in the past!) because we started at a meeting. This time around we’re kicking things off here in the wonderful online world first. You don’t even need to leave your seat in order to have your say. So this is our new group exploration, Who is the perfect careers adviser? What qualities does he/she...
Read MoreCareer Easter Eggs
I recall when I first found out about virtual easter eggs, the cool little treats developers sometimes hide in software, apps and games. What a nice way to reward insight, determination or just plain clicking about. Recently, this got me thinking about easter eggs for our careers. If some of the good things that happen throughout our careers can be thought of as career easter eggs, is there a way to make more of them happen? Is it possible for each of us to sow seeds and help more delightful little breaks occur in our future? Not only is this possible, I reckon you’re already making...
Read MoreHow Careersbox Works
1. Someone we know very well is studying to be a midwife 2. We said, ‘Pop over to Careersbox, they probably have a film about that’ 3. A quick search and up popped this film of a real student midwife talking about her experience and her degree course 4. Our friend listens and learns from this genuine, first-hand source 5. Outstanding! 😀 For more films & more experiences (because we don’t all want to be Midwives) visit Careersbox.co.uk * * * *...
Read MoreCareer Development
Defining Career Development with The Career Explorer’s Journal What is career development? What does it mean when the words career and development are used together like this? There are lots of definitions but my guess is you’re interested in what career development means to you. I once heard someone describe career development as, ‘the feeling I’m going somewhere I want to go’. It’s still my favourite way to think about this subject but even this definition leaves big questions hanging. Personal questions like When do I get that feeling? Where do I want to go? and How do I get...
Read MoreThe D'oh Factor
Because we learn by our mistakes, our mistakes are part of learning. Perhaps the day will come when the accidental source of every lesson learned is recognised, and every mistake is celebrated. What a wonderful day that would be! Not because we’ll all be celebrating our mistakes together (although a universal D’oh Day would be quite a thing). It would be great because we’d all have our own version of the day when our mistake (our embarrassment, error of judgement, source of shame, accident we hoped we’d never see again) became something new… An experience...
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