Today, we’re concluding the short series on Seeking Career Direction which we began a few weeks ago. So far, we have shared simple and effective career direction tips that would be very useful for making career decisions whether you are a starter or a pro. We started with the role of prayer, followed it with the importance of understanding your skills and in the last post, we looked at taking advantage of opportunities. In today's post, we’ll be looking at the place of … [Read more...] about Seeking Career Direction: Interests and Passions
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Seeking Career Direction: Opportunities
A few weeks ago, we started a short series on Seeking Career direction and we began to share simple and effective tips that will be very helpful for you if you’re in need of direction in your career. In the last couple of posts, we discussed the role of prayer and the advantages of knowing your skills. In this post, we’ll be looking at Opportunities. Taking advantage of opportunities is especially important for those who need to get started on their careers or those who desire a career … [Read more...] about Seeking Career Direction: Opportunities
Seeking Career Direction: Skills
Some weeks ago, we began a short series on Career Direction. The tips in this series will help you to gain good clarity for career decisions, especially if it involves a major career change or advancement. In the last post, we looked at the role of Prayer. Today, we’ll be addressing the topic of ‘Skills’. Taking stock of the skills that you have is a big deal when it comes to making career decisions. A skill is a special ability or expertise that you acquire by formal or informal training and … [Read more...] about Seeking Career Direction: Skills
Seeking Career Direction: Prayer
Today, I’ll begin a short series of posts to share simple and effective tips that will be very helpful for you if you’re in need of direction in your career. These tips and truths will be useful for any career decision you need to make whether you are a starter or a pro. In this post, we’ll start by looking at the role and effectiveness of prayer in career direction. While we are to take responsibility for our careers, we also have to keep the big picture in mind. Prayer helps you to … [Read more...] about Seeking Career Direction: Prayer
Handle Career Dissatisfaction with This 2-Step Formula
Your daily work occupies a major position in their life. It is your personal and unique offering to yourself, to your world and to God, your Creator. Therefore, it matters what you do, how you do it and who you become in the process of doing it. Unfortunately, many people find it difficult to fulfill their true work potentials because they are currently dissatisfied with their careers for various reasons. As it happens, constant dissatisfaction is not a positive thing; it can … [Read more...] about Handle Career Dissatisfaction with This 2-Step Formula
5 Ways to Gain Clarity for Career Decisions
It’s all well and good to encourage people to take action when it comes to building a purposeful and successful career. Unfortunately, people can only take action when they know just what to do- and many people actually have no idea of what they need to do and the steps they need to take. If they knew the right thing to do, perhaps they might do it. That’s what we’ll address today- how to gain clarity to make the right decisions and take the right actions for your career: 1. Pray for wisdom. … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Gain Clarity for Career Decisions
Align Your Career to Your Personal Values
The work you do is an integral part of who you are. This is true whether you do that work as a business owner or an employee, or whether you run a charity, a social-enterprise or work in a religious ministry. Your work is a personal extension of who you are and what you believe. This is why it is very important for you to be authentic and sincere in your work Your personal values are a part of the things that make you who you are. They are like your personal guiding principles, ideas and … [Read more...] about Align Your Career to Your Personal Values