Networking as a Mindset: Most People Take The Wrong Approach Most professionals start networking only when in need. Whenever they need to find a new job or change their profession, they finally find a while to reach out to people. They pick up the phone and start calling friends after years and years of silence — pretending that they care…

Job Market In IT Is Dynamically Changing So, we’ve survived the rocky year of 2021 and are prepared for what lies ahead. The digital revolution had a massive impact on the job market throughout the preceding year. The workflow got more decentralized, and most teams in IT moved fully online and opened their doors to international talent…

In this blog post, the author of the Ontology of Value Test, Natalia, comments on her own experience with the test, and the results. What surprised her the most? Which of the results does she agree with? Which points doesn’t she agree with? What did she learn about herself from…

The Origins of Barnum Effect: Who Was Barnum, Actually, And What Does It Have To Do With Your Career Development? Although the phenomenon as known in psychology for centuries, the term “Barnum Effect” was coined in 1956 by a psychologist Paul Meehl. The effect was named after a showman, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and politician P. T. …

On PhD Careers Outside Academia. How to transition to industry as a PhD like a pro? What do PhD careers outside academia look like? The second edition of the book “What Is out There For Me? The Landscape of Post-PhD Career Tracks” was just released. Compared with the first edition, this version contains over 70…

How To Do Career Management When Facing These Endless Lists of Job Requirements for White Collar Jobs? If you have ever looked for white collar jobs online, you must have noticed that the lists of requirements and expectations often far exceed the amount of attention spent on describing the position and the associated benefits. And you probably recall this situation very well: there is an exciting new…

The Primary Currency vs the Secondary Currency. Do you feel that career management is challenging for you? That you didn’t develop your full potential as a professional just yet? That despite your best every single day, you can’t spread your wings? And, regardless of how much heart and effort you put into your work, you are still…

Side-Kick Consultancy Business: Can It Be A Remedy To a Leaking Home Budget? Or Perhaps, a Cure To Boredom? Have you ever thought to yourself, “I really enjoy my job… If only it paid a few hundred dollars more, I would be perfectly happy about my professional situation…”? or “I would like to conduct some project that is a bit out of my comfort zone, meet new people, and…

Programming Is In an Extremely High Demand Today In the technological wonderland that is today’s modern world, there are many languages and codes that machines, programs, hardware, software, or any other electronics, use to operate and function correctly. Specialists, or programmers, can go into that code, and edit some of it for all new functions and behaviors. This…