Ran Prieur, author of “How to Drop out”, offers some sage advice for finding the (so-called) perfect job: keep money out of the equation all together.
What I recommend instead is to separate your money from your love. Get the most low-stress source of income that you can find, and then do exactly what you love [...]

“The Odyssey Years” are a relatively new term that refers to the period of a life person’s life between adolescence and adulthood, or the time after graduating from university, and settling into a career (possibly) and then family life (maybe).
During this decade, 20-somethings go to school and take breaks from school. They live with friends [...]

Your mileage may vary, but Nicholas Lezard found that simply looking busy at work brought promotional opportunities his way.
I discovered that the way to survive in a large company was: a) to have an office with a lockable door and b) to make sure that when outside the office, en route to canteen, pub, or [...]

Presenting the love-growth-cash triangle, helping to get your passions, desire to learn, and ability to pay the mortgage, in synch.
There’s a certain joy that comes from doing what you love, getting compensated for it and constantly learning new things in the process. Your goal should be to maximize each experience and try to cover as [...]

Designers talk about their careers after ten years on the job. As always it’s the attention to the seemingly smallest, and least relevant, of details that is the most important, knowing how those you work with like their tea.
They say it takes 10,000 hours or 10 years to become an expert at something, which isn’t [...]

Pick One.
debbie millman writes about her search for graduate work that is bound to ring a few bells with those who have been through the process before.
I knew that what happened next could change my life forever. As I sat on the cramped, balmy Express Bus into Manhattan, I fantasized befriending the Human Resources Director, [...]

Making the right career choice: a topic that is always on my mind! Great article at Flying Solo, written by Megan Tough with strategies and ideas for helping identify career direction.
Miss Lang Lee’av, she of Akina fame, and who “writes little rhymes, makes art, & designs” is one busy creative and fashion designer, having just [...]