While on the topic of life direction, this video has ‘the Donald’ speaking on the importance of doing what you love for your career – not what people around you expect you to do!
While on the topic of life direction, this video has ‘the Donald’ speaking on the importance of doing what you love for your career – not what people around you expect you to do!
Seth Godin has an interesting view on career direction – that you’ve been brainwashed in to thinking that working for a job is the only way, so kick the programming and became a thought leader or artist.
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The modern professional world seems set up, by and large, to favour people with specific training and qualifications who have focused on and gained practical skills in a particular professional area and who stay in that area for an extended period of time demonstrating and deepening that skills base. This is the case for a…
A post over at the Be Excellent blog discusses research from the Gallup organisation showing that average employee engagement figures for the United States are: 30% Engaged 54% NOT Engaged 16% Actively Disengaged This is an incredible result for considering issues of performance, culture, and the management of intangibles at work. The research notes that…
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An interesting statistic from Career Hub: According to surveys,in the Boston area of the United States 37% of people are in their dream jobs . This is the highest rate in the USA. The site reports that the US national average for people being in their dream job is 16%.
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