Career Planning is an activity that should not stop once you are done with your high school or college. In fact, it should be a constant process in your life
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You go to a family gathering or a friends’ reunion and you get asked, “What are your plans for higher education?” or “What have you thought about your career?” Such
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Finding the career of your choice can be quite a challenge. There are so many options and so many opinions influencing your decision that it is almost impossible to be
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in other blog posts (links to respective blog posts). In this blog, we will try to
This post is part 3 of 9 in the series Job Hunting -
You are sitting on your workstation, wondering if your skills are getting dated. You try to update your resume and are hit by the hard truth: “You haven’t learnt anything
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths in this other blog (link to Identifying Your Personal Strengths blog post). However, it is equally important to be
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You are at an interview at the place that you really like. The interview is going great, but then the interviewer asks you this question: “List down your greatest personal
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This is the second blog on the basics of job-hunting. The first blog took you through how to look for a new job and possibly a career shift. All of
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It is that time of the year when a lot of us will be going through annual evaluations at our workplaces. There will possibly be some increments and some disappointments.
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The Coronavirus pandemic is bigger than anybody expected. Although the UK has quite a small number of cases, the rest of Europe is struggling to cope and shutting its borders
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Are there Lightworkers in your department?
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Other Stuff, ProfessionalThis is a continuation of the topic of Lightworkers and Darkworkers currently buzzing around on a few blogs; I wrote about Darkworkers here. Lightworkers, as defined by Steve Pavlina here,
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Update May 19 2008
Posted in: Other StuffHi Folks, I apologise for not publishing anything for a week. I am in the middle of a house move and apart from my equipment being packed across several boxes,
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10 Worst Workspaces
Posted in: Other StuffI just found this interesting post (below) on the valleywag blog, naming the 10 worst workplaces, according to their own research. I don’t think the research was done scientifically (so read it
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SimonStapleton.com: Why do I do this?
Posted in: Other StuffFrom an early age, I was interested in computers. In the late 70s and early 80s, a revolution was underway – the home computer revolution. Like many spotty kids at
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Are there Darkworkers in your department?
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Other Stuff, ProfessionalThe concept of Darkworkers and Lightworkers is buzzing on a couple of blogs I favor at the moment. In essence, Darkworkers align themselves to the needs of themselves, i.e. they
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Suggest a subject
Posted in: Other StuffI frequently receive suggestions on subjects; these are always helpful – it helps me focus my writing on to topics that have value to you… and that’s why I do
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Starting afresh in 2008
Posted in: Other StuffIts a new year, if you hadn’t noticed, and its that time a lot of folks talk about new year resolutions or wiping a slate clean. Cliche? Thats up to
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Using your technical skills in charity work
Posted in: Other Stuff, ProfessionalNo don’t look away! I have here a potential valuable opportunity for you to use your core technical skills in order to gain more experience in the commercial space, and
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10 Childhood Favorites of Technical Professionals
Posted in: Other Stuff, Professional315 technical professionals were surveyed in November 07 (from IT, Insurance Actuaries, Architects and Civil Engineers) and I discovered the following favorites from their childhood’s (aged 5 – 15). Favourite
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If your job isn’t working for you, get the hell out…
Posted in: Other Stuff, ProfessionalAll posts I have made have been positively biased, i.e. I’ve offered advice to constructively deal with issues and challenges that one typically faces when climbing the greasy pole of

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