career advice
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The Three Keys To Making Your Job More Meaningful
We spend, on average, about 90,000 hours at work. Given this, most of us want work that’s more than just a source of income. We want work that’s satisfying, significant, valuable. Work, in other words, that is meaningful. What makes any particular job meaningful is, of course, subjective. In the mid-1970s, though, economist Greg Oldham…
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When A Pay Cut Can Help You Up The Career Ladder
Where do you want to be in five years? Do you have the skills you need to get there? If you don’t, you might have to climb down the career ladder before you can start climbing back up again — and yes, that might mean taking a pay cut.
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How To Keep Track Of Your Work Accomplishments
When it comes time for your annual review or you want to ask for a raise, you likely know that you’ll need to back up your request for more money or a better title with examples of your good work.
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The Best Career Advice You’ve Ever Received
The average person spends 90,000 hours of their life at the office, and yet only one-third of U.S. employees are engaged in their work and workplace, according to a 2017 Gallup report. Maybe that’s inevitable, but making our work and careers even slightly more satisfying and fulfilling could lead to a major overall improvement in…