Tag: Career Advice
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Springtime Sabbatical

“A spring breeze is blowingI’m bursting with laughterWishing for flowers” Matsuo Basho Losing my job at the beginning of Autumn felt fitting. As if on cue with the leaves falling outside, the ending of that job felt like a release. The winds of change were telling me that it was time for something new. Autumn…
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6 career lessons I learned in 2021

Was it just me or did 2021 feel a lot heavier than 2020? Languish was the term of the year, and as my friend once put it: “It is hard to exist right now”. That pretty much sums up the first quarter of 2021. It was rough. In fact, it was so rough, that I…
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The Similarities Between Dating and Job Interviewing

Earlier this year, I did a bit of career soul-searching. I decided it was time for me to step up the ladder and change my professional scenery. I polished up my resume and re-entered the world of job searching, networking and interviewing. I lived in this world extensively for a couple of months, doing phone…