For those battling impostor syndrome, reading the Career Coward series helps work through fears and prepare for job searching, interviewing, and career opportunities.
Entries Tagged as 'career & self improvement'
Impostor Syndrome and the Career Coward Books
July 11th, 2008 · 11 Comments · career & self improvement
Tags: afraid of interview·afraid to interview·brazen careerist·career·career coward·fear interview·impostor syndrome·interview·job fear·job search
How a Job Placement Agency Should Work
June 19th, 2008 · 10 Comments · career & self improvement
After reading a particularly sad account of a placement agency that ripped off desperate people, I decided to write about my own experience with a temporary agency and what you should and shouldn’t do or expect. Overall it was a good experience, but it helps to know what you’re getting into.
Tags: employment·find job·find work·get hired·hire·hire me·placement agency·temporary agency
Gas Prices and My Commute
June 9th, 2008 · 11 Comments · career & self improvement, personal finance & money management
Have you explored your carpooling options? We never even talked with our friends about what time we left in the morning and where we went. It just didn’t come up. You don’t even have to work together, just within walking distance of each other.
Tags: carpool·carpool commute·carpooling·commute·dc metro·gas prices·rideshare·save gas·save money·share ride
Motivational Monday: Relishing the Workday
June 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · career & self improvement
Well, it’s Monday again. And thanks to the wonders of advance posting, this should be going live even while I’m making sure that our next generation can hear. Here’s something a little motivational to get you through the week. I don’t promise to make a habit of this, but I like the alliteration.
I’m going to [...]
Tags: career & self improvement·discipline·motivation·self improvement
Little Things to Make Life Better
May 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments · alternative income & freelance, career & self improvement
Last weekend, when I was visiting my parents, I realized that there were some things dissatisfying me about my life. I’d had feelings to that effect for a while, but I think it took stepping outside of my day-to-day and being elsewhere to help me put a finger on them.
After thinking, talking with Micah and [...]
Tags: freelance·impostor syndrome·personal finance·womens issues




