Changes in future working practices may turn many of us into freelancers, which could see some working on a multitude of very small assignments or tasks concurrently.
But in a few realms, people have begun to unpack that bundle and reassemble it in new, surprising, and potentially very important ways. As it becomes easier for [...]

Batman’s nemesis the Joker, was by his own admission, a guy without a plan, and that isn’t half bad as a career plan.
And therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO things. Chase after the things that interest you and make you happy. Stop acting like you have a set [...]

From Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert no less: job satisfaction is an illusion created by the belief a better job awaits you elsewhere. That fact – whether right or wrong however – is subsequently sufficent to generate the illusion that your previously unsatisfactory job is in fact satisfactory after all…
The assumption that you have better [...]

Which one are you?
I’d rather be a maker than an employee. I’d rather craft products than nurse a job. And I’d rather be a customer than a boss.

It’s short wonder many people end up unfulfilled at work when they don’t really take time to think through what they would really like to do:
So why do so many of us perceive ourselves as being so terribly misaligned with our right work? Upbringing can have something to do with it. A client once confessed: [...]

Good news if mathematics if your forte (not that it’s mine…): people with analytical, numbers-focused work skills are in high demand, and the work on offer is highly paid and generally low in stress.
In this case, 200 jobs were ranked on their relative income, work environment, future employment prospects, physical requirements, and stress. Numbers-focused work [...]

When back at school, and thinking about a career to pursue after I left (or trying to, I realise how futile that was now), I never really pictured myself holding down a nine-to-five job, as part of a cradle-to-grave career.
Actually I saw myself living life in some kind of (hedonistic) stasis such was my [...]

This is what we really needed to be told at high school about “planning” journeys into the unknown.
Career planning becomes painful precisely because it’s such an important decision and we come to understand that we have only very limited useful information. The best strategy for career planning is this: make your best guess, try it [...]

IT consultancy ThoughtWorks Australia has launched a new initiative aimed at encouraging more girls and young women to pursue careers in technology, Girls in IT.
The pivotal questions are, why are girls not interested in studying technology subjects at school, and, what can be done to motivate them to do so?
Women account for less than 15% [...]

For many of us, when it comes to career matters, this is a question we will be asking ourselves through out our working life, in an age when “our career paths are organic and will constantly change.”
I sure feel like I’ve been asking myself that question all my life. :)
I told them that even [...]