Personal Strengths Exercise: You at Your Best
A key way to get more out of your job is to understand and consistently use your personal strengths. One informal strategy for assessing your personal strengths is to think carefully about a recent situation when you were at your best. Give it a shot. A Personal Strengths Exercise First, start by identifying the situation, […]
Higher Education Predictive Analytics: The Future in the Digital Age
By now, most individuals have at least heard the terms predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning – but what exactly are these things and how do they affect us? More specifically, how do they affect the future of higher education? The Digital Age We are currently living in the Digital Age, or “information […]
Has finding a purpose become a cliché?
Purpose carries a strong definition that often gets watered down. Everyone wants to know their purpose and ways to find it. Being a sophomore in college, I was curious if purpose is something you can really find by taking an assessment or quiz online. I know my purpose and how I live that purpose, but […]
College Raptor: How to Discover Your Personalized College Matches
There are over 4,000 colleges in the US, and it’s your job to pick just one of them to attend. Some have recognizable names, others specialize in certain majors. Some are nearby, others far away from home. How can you possibly research them all and start narrowing down to the options you can afford? That […]
Get Ahead and Set SMARTER Goals for Work and Life
Are your goals working for you? Goals are a powerful influence on behavior; they help us organize our activity and pursue a particular target (like getting a degree, getting a job, or achieving a milestone) with purpose. Yet people struggle with setting goals in work and life; just 25% of adults have clear goals for […]
How Your Career Helps You Achieve Your Life Goals
What things are at the top of your list of life goals? Is it a list of cities you would like to visit in the future or vacations you would like to take? Maybe purchasing your dream car or paying off student debt? Perhaps you’re thinking of improving your physical health, starting your own business, […]
How Do Vocational Choices Impact Career Success?
When you think about career success, what comes to mind? A paycheck, promotion, hitting your performance goals, soaring past them, having a sense of job security? Maybe it’s the feeling that you’ve finally found a job you love or are receiving recognition for your hard work. The point is, the notion of career success varies […]
Career Guidance: Make Sure You Get What You Need
Authors: Bryan Dik Ph.D. and Ryan Duffy Ph.D. All of us make choices about our career paths, and all of us benefit from guidance and support as we do so. Many of us have used career counseling to help navigate key points of transition. Career counseling ordinarily involves a one-on-one, face-to-face interaction facilitated by a […]
Meaningful Work – It Isn’t Just a Fantasy
Work is an integral part of our lives. But, how much of it is meaningful work? In fact, most of the world’s population spends one-third of their adult life at work.[i] With an average life expectancy of 79 years, that means we’ll spend just over 13 years at work.[ii] Does that number fill you […]
How to Manage Student Debt by Pursuing Your Passion
The Student Debt Mindset: Manage Student Debt by Pursuing Your Passion Student loan debt is higher than ever before. In the U.S. alone, 44 million borrowers collectively owe over $1.5 trillion in student debt.[i] To put that in perspective, that’s about $521 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt[ii]. In 2018, students graduated with […]
