As a full-time career consultant, I come across people from all walks of life each day. From helping homemakers return to the working field, to sharing in the troubles and disappointments of the...
Many people have asked me how work has been since I transferred to the new hospital. It was just another way of saying “How are you?” Yet, I often found it difficult to give an answer. This was...
Have you ever felt like a fake or fraud in your workplace or school? Do you often think that you got to your current position by some mistake or fluke, and that one day someone will find out just how...
If anyone looked at my scheduler, they would be (in my biased opinion) impressed by the level of detail I put into my planning. Rainbow splashes of every highlighter colour, one for every aspect of...
It’s been six good years since I started working as a social service professional. The work is tough but I’m always grateful to have good bosses and colleagues. It may sound crazy, but I look...
In the early part of my career, I learnt from my seniors that my direct supervisor was the person with the most influence on my career and ranking. Coming straight out of university, where we were...
Recently, I overheard a colleague asking her manager about another staff member. This staff member had joined six months ago, but my colleague had not seen him around for a while. The manager...
“Is this like Vogue’s 72 questions? I’d better get rid of this dead cactus!” Laughter fills the small studio as Caroline, 22, welcomes me into her studio. It’s a small...
For the longest time, I struggled with the crippling fear of speaking to people in authority over me. Even as an adult in her 30s, this fear of speaking to superiors would paralyse me with anxiety....