Careers with Purpose
#5 Career Foundations Series (Go Back to 4) “This degree sucks!” Jen told me. “I spent 5 years getting my undergrad, and I can’t even use it! I think I need a master’s.. everyone has an undergrad.” Jen’s experience is the same one a lot
#1 Career Foundations Series I learned that I needed a career vision the hard way. In the winter of 2017, I was broken. I was living in Greece, which was amazing and should have made me happy (first world problems, I know). But I was
#4 Career Foundations Series (Go Back to 3) I’ve mostly hated personal branding. It generally makes me feel hardcore imposter syndrome. A voice in my head says “Who do you think you are?” or “They’re not going to buy that you’re that good.” And it’s
When I decided to relocate and move to Canada, a great friend of mine remarked with a chuckle “you are going to do odd jobs for forever.” I panicked! I had spent over 8 years in the lecture halls of a public university in Kenya
I love remote jobs. I used to commute 3 hours every day. Yup, you read that right. It was a nightmare, and I eventually quit to work full-time online. The pandemic has opened up the world of remote work more than ever before. It has
#3 Career Foundations Series (Go Back to 2) Do you know which university has created the most billionaires? If you guessed Harvard, you’d be right. Harvard has created more than twice as many billionaires as Stanford, which ranks next on the list. Now I’d bet
#2 Career Foundations Series (Go Back to 1) There’s a secret to being hireable that nobody teaches, and it took me a long time to learn it. When I see new grads trying to figure out how to get a job after college, it frustrates
If you are leaving academia, there comes a time when you realize that you need to present yourself differently to the world. And there’s no bigger switch than to turn a CV into a resume. The CV is the document that defines you as an
Updated March 6, 2023 Did you know there are some great alternatives to academia? I know that a lot of PhDs are working towards a career in academia. They’re drawn by different things. Some love the research. Some love the flexibility. Some love teaching. So
How can you find your personal value proposition? Identifying your value proposition will help you focus your career objectives and increase your chances of landing a great job. But personal value propositions often suck. Most people stick them into a predictable “Objective” section on a
©2022 All rights reserved
