Career

Weekly Challenge: Alternate Fandom

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I talk a lot about people using their hobbies on the job or in their careers.  Actually it's why I'm here, so I suppose I can be forgiven.

We spent a lot of time getting to know what we like and how to make a living at it, but a different view always helps, so here's a weekly exercise for you . . .

Take a moment to think over what you do in your favorite fandoms and hobbies.  Think about how those interests do or can work to help you and guide you in your career.

Now, pick a fandom or hobby way different from your current one.  What, if for some reason, would you do if you were part of that fandom?  What, based on that speculation, would you then want to turn into a career or use on the job?

Get an outside view – and see what you've learned about yourself.

(I myself learned from this exercise I'd probably be a great civil engineer . . . )

– Steven Savage

Building Your Career Foundation

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We all have foundations in our careers; those skills that let us earn money, the network that finds us a job, the specific knowledges that let us predict trends.  A quick examination of what you do, who you are, and the work you do will quickly make your foundation obvious (or its lack obvious).

Building our career foundation – skills, knowledge, experience, networks – is vital to having a successful life, a fulfilling job, and to achieving what we want to do in life.  However building them is often hard in these changing times.

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Careers, Communications, and Getting People Off Of Your Back

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You're doing a job search or career change (or both), and you're working hard at it.  You may be sending out resumes like crazy, or networking, or going to class, or all of these and more.  You're doing a lot to advance your career, and you know it.

Unfortunately it seems other people don't know it, and they won't get off your back.  They want to know what you're doing in your job search, they want to know how you're doing, they want to know whats up.  You may feel you spend more time being bothered by friends, family, and so on than you do interviewing or studying.

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