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When Changing Careers Feels Scary
Changing careers can feel scary. I am right in the thick of changing careers again. Still clinging onto what I was doing last year. Setting up and learning skills for the one ahead. With each new challenge the same old thoughts come up: These thoughts can be helpful. They can help us to assess the…
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Finding Career Decisions Overwhelming?
Career decisions are complex decisions. They involve many components: self-awareness, awareness of the current job market or consumer trends, and consideration of a large number of options. You then need to be able to combine all of this information and compare possible outcomes to find the best fit. It is no wonder so many people…
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Can AI Help Me to Choose a Career?
AI presents new opportunities and challenges in careers. AI-powered career assessment tools can assist individuals in choosing suitable career paths based on their skills, interests…
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Navigating the Transition: A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Implementing Your First CRM
This is a guest post authored by Jessi Engelke, Principal Consultant at One Stone Solutions. Have you ever forgotten to follow up with a prospect, missed the time frame to send a thank you note, or, heaven forbid, showed up 10 minutes late to a sales call because you forgot to put a reminder on…
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6 Steps to Choosing the Right Software
This is a guest post authored by Jessi Engelke, Principal Consultant at One Stone Solutions. Imagine that you spent $64,000 on a new software solution, only to find out a month later that it doesn’t meet your expectations. You signed a 5-year contract with the software vendor, and your annual fee, after the first year,…
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Digital Skills: Benefits of Learning New Software for Your Career
Digital skills are becoming an increasingly frequent part of our working lives. The ability to use technology is a vital requirement in many roles due to increased adoption of software to increase business efficiency and customer experience. With more time at work spent on technology than ever, a large number of psychological studies have investigated…
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Strengths Awareness for Choosing and Achieving a Better Career
There are many benefits to focusing on your strengths when choosing and applying for a new career. Studies have reported increased confidence, career satisfaction and career direction when students and professionals are aware of their skills. This article explores those benefits and how you can use your strengths in your career choice, applications, and interviews.…
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Career Values and Their Influence on Career Choices
Career values are an important indicator to both you and employers about the top priorities at work. A recent survey found that well-being came top for work values for 90% of the knowledge workers surveyed. Working for a company that aligned with their values was important to 80% of those respondents. Any consideration of career…
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10 Awesome Steps to Discover Your Ideal Career
When you discover your ideal career, it can feel fun and exciting. However, if you sit with the problem of “how do I discover my ideal career?” for too long, your brain can feel overwhelmed. These 10 steps can guide you from considering your ideal career to taking action. Discovery is in action. 1. Define…
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3 Proven Steps to Choose a Career
Just 3 steps to choose a career? Is that all? Well, yes and no. Psychologists Gati and Asher (2001) propose 3 stages to the career decision-making process. Within each step there are smaller parts of the process that build up to the outcome of reducing the number of career choices at each stage. Within this…