Being a job seeker during a pandemic is not a good way to start or develop a career, especially if you have just graduated out of college. Not only will you have to contend with an immense competition for job openings, but you also need to prove your worth so that employers could consider you…
Tag: Work Life
How the Pandemic is Affecting Young People’s Career Plans
The coronavirus has shifted and disrupted plans of many people regarding their careers, especially those who have just graduated from college. Several industries have been paralysed by the pandemic, while a few are clinging on as best as they could. If you are a new graduate and hoping to start your career during this pandemic,…
Dealing with New Year Hangovers: I Don’t Want to Go Back to Work
Hello peeps! Once again, we have to deal with the New Year hangover. I don’t mean the hangover that follows after a mad binge drinking of alcohol from partying all night, but rather the dreaded feeling of going back to the same old job in the same old office and doing the same things over…
How to Stay Focused If You Are Assigned to Multiple Projects at Once
Nowadays, it is very rare to see people working on only one project. Most of the time, people are tasked to do multiple projects in one go because of the demand for certain skill sets that only you can do. Besides in the corporate world, working on multiple projects are something I am familiar with…
What’s Your Superpower?
I am weird. Of course, besides that, I have a superpower that is mostly unknown to others except by a few loved ones. I didn’t know I have it until people around started to point it out and slowly, it became obvious to me that I have a certain superpower to make people talk. Oh,…
Guest Post: How to Handle Grief in the Workplace, when Your Colleague Passed Away
Kally invited me to write another guest post and this time she would like me to address the topic ‘How to handle grief in the workplace, when your colleague passed away. Honestly, I cringed a bit, an automatic response to the word grief. However, I also immediately knew I would agree to do it. Since…
How to Make Work Friends when Working Remotely
Once again, many countries have entered a nationwide lockdown. For the most part, I think people are getting used to staying at home and finding awesome things to occupy or distract themselves. It can also be said that working from home isn’t that bad anymore unlike the first few months of this pandemic. However, one…
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