So before you think about ‘where am I going?’, like what do I want to be when I ‘grow up’; think about and find out ‘who am I?’
Your career is so important to striking that work/life balance that enhances your personal wellbeing. So it makes sense to maximise your potential by investing in YOU and to have your own ongoing process of exploring, discovering and validing your career choices.
I was re-reading this old article published in 2000 'Name your career development intervention'
Parents and teenagers unite and start packing clues into the career development toolbox!
We need a better Education System Road Map: Collaboration amongst students not competition. Honor a student's unique abilities, do not suppress. Come on 'education system', let's have some systems thinking, with supplying the skills employers demand. Focus on say a skill of creative problem solving that is embedded in all subjects, not I only do creative problem solving on maths problems!
It's all about mindset. Growth or fixed mindset. Employers are wanting and will to continue to want people with problem solving creativity. A growth mindset! Schools to address the need for a growth mindset with academic fixed mindset.What's your mindset?
Share your career stories to help others
Dam, I am really good! Can't they see it! Look at my quals! Look at my skills! Look at my experience! Why ain't they looking at me? Look at me!
There is game called Who am I? Sometimes we used to play it on those long car trips.......