by Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant First of all, a promotion is not a reward for good performance, or length of service. Rewards are things like bonuses and increments and other tangible benefits, and if you are doing a...
Read Moreby Vinod Balagopal, Career Counsellor Why do people feel like impostors if they have the education and job experience to do their work? Impostor syndrome is a curious phenomenon. Breaking the term apart, you have two terms...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant The “Worn out” version of burnout is when you want to achieve a goal but lack sufficient motivation. You cope by giving up in the face of stress. This differs from overload...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant What does boredom have to do with burnout? When you aren’t feeling challenged, or learning anything new, you may find you get stuck with doing the same sort of tasks over and over...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant Overload is a common type of burnout. You work towards success until you reach a state of exhaustion. You cope by emotional venting or complaining. Workplace overload – When does...
Read MoreDo you have a typical client? Not exactly. We designed career counselling to cater to people with burnout as psychometrics don’t help when you’re angry. Most of our clients to date, have been working executives, experiencing the...
Read Moreby Vinod Balagopal, Career Counsellor “Push” and “pull” factors represent types of motivators for the choices you make. Pull factors refer to things that internally motivate you. When a pull...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant It’s pretty common to feel lost at some point in your career, and it’s also pretty unsettling. Our careers are a big part of our identities, and our place in society. In that...
Read Moreby Vinod Balagopal, Career Counsellor When I ask clients to tell me how they feel they frequently tell me what they think instead. So I asked them to poke themselves. Actually physically poke. Then I ask them: Did you feel that?...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant Should I study what I like, or what will give me a good job? Sound familiar? Most of us have asked ourselves this question, whether when just starting out in our careers or contemplating a...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant Is career counselling the same as career advice? Yes… except that the career counsellor is not the one giving you advice. You are – after a process of self-discovery. What does that...
Read Moreby Roberta Balagopal, Career Consultant As you can probably guess, the answer is “it depends.” In part, it depends on your circumstances, particularly whether it is actually possible for you to quit and be without an...
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Career Counselling Self Guide
