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What if my dream job doesn’t exist?
With thousands of jobs listed in the National Occupational Classification Dictionary, the first question I would ask you is, “Are you sure it doesn’t exist?” Labour market research is a critical component of finding if and where your dream job can be found. So unless you’ve spent the time researching all of the different sources to find if your dream job is already out there, then...
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Branding With Integrity
Everyone has blindspots – those wonderful places where how we see ourselves lives in blissful ignorance of how the rest of the world knows us to be. Blindspots also exist in organizations – often as cultural blackholes of denial or virtual ostrich farms with heads stuck so deeply in the sand one wonders how they can even survive. Yet survive they do. Surviving, however, is not the same as... -
Careers in the New World of Work
Having a career used to conjure up images of navy blue suits, striped ties, mahogany desks and getting the corner office. With the need for organizations to become more agile and adaptable hierarchies have flattened, leaving fewer rungs to climb on the traditional ladder. Furthermore, employees have adapted to the rapidly changing work environment and the death of traditional expectations of job security with a readiness to shift not... -
Conscious Choices – Good Thing, Bad Thing
One day a Japanese university student came running to the temple of a Zen master crying, “Master, Master, the water pipes in my apartment broke and the whole tatami floor is flooded, isn’t it terrible?” The master simply smiled and replied “Good thing, bad thing, who knows?”
The next day, the student again came running to the master. “Isn’t it wonderful master” he said “ A... -
TOKYO FAMILIES MAGAZINE (Cover Story) – Single vs Family: the right to choose
Fresh off the press – my article was chosen for the cover of Tokyo Families Magazine this month. Here’s a tease (I hope you enjoy it):
A recent article in The Japan Times suggested that Japanese people in their 20s and 30s are delaying marriage and family due to income concerns. I got married when I was 39 and had my first child at 41. I... -
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