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Also blogging at University Affairs Careers Café- Getting through the long slog February 13, 2012 Liz Koblyk
- Just say no: balancing administrative responsibilities with everything else February 7, 2012 Nicola Koper
Category Archives: My services
The downside of goals
Your goal gives purpose to your life right now. That’s a good thing. It enables you to do all the small, sometimes menial, things that bring you closer to reaching that goal.
You expect to feel elated when you achieve your goal. But you might feel adrift, purposeless. From the perspective of having achieved the goal, it’s purpose might even seem inadequate. Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, My services
Tagged Conscious Careers, goals, happily ever after, PhD, purpose
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mid-career blahs
A big topic of conversation in the higher education media is the mismatch between secure academic positions (tenure-track jobs if you are in North America) and the number of PhDs being awarded. A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher … Continue reading
SSHRC IDG deadline is closer than it appears
February seems ages away. Maybe you are looking at the SSHRC Insight Development Grant and thinking “Hmmm, maybe I should apply.” If that’s the stage you’re at. It’s already too late. If you have been working on it and have … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, My services
Tagged essays, exams, grading, grants, Insight Development Grant, SSHRC
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Actively managing your career
The problems identified around leadership/management seem to be twofold: there are good people who are not moving into those roles/positions there are people in those roles/positions who are not doing the kind of job we’d like them to be The … Continue reading
Reruns: Holiday Parties: turning dread into opportunity
During a recent Conscious Careers class, Julie recommended this post I wrote last year. Here it is again for your enjoyment (and inspiration) It’s that time of year. No matter what you celebrate (if anything) you are going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Career Planning, My services
Tagged Conscious Careers, exploratory interviews, holidays, Julie Clarenbach
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