Step 4: Evaluating options and choosing a direction

Although minds are not terribly good at career decision making, and actually really quite good at keeping us stuck inside our heads, good career decisions are a lot easier when we: Know how good decisions…

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Why Conversational Culture Matters to You

by Dr Rachel Collis When you are thinking about career change it is important to get a sense of clarity around yourself (your strengths, values, purpose etc.) and also the work environments that works best…

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The Hard Thing about Hard Choices

Every now and again I come across something that reinvigorates me and makes me determined to redouble what we’re trying to do at The Career Psychologist. This video is one of those things. The thing…

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On the Danger of Psychometrics Tests

Psychologists are very keen to put people into boxes. We like to label people – schizophrenic, depressed, anxious. For occupational psychologists we like ENFP, conscientious, emotionally intelligent. Of course, mostly these labels are harmless and…

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Building Willingness workbook

For those of you who have identified a direction in which to move, and are preparing for the journey this workbook has been designed for you: Building willingness workbook from Rob Archer

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5 Psychology Findings That Affect Career Decisions

1. We’re bad at decision making – Kahneman & Tversky (1979), Gilbert (2004) When weighing up the costs and benefits of a decision, we make two errors. First, we overestimate the probability of failure in…

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Interpreting your Results

By this stage you have listed all your decision criteria at the top of your spreadsheet and all of your options in the first column. The next step is to evaluate all of your options…

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The Five Steps of a Good Career Decision