It’s totally normal to feel stressed, anxious, and isolated. Yes, these are super scary times, and yes your work is probably slowing down. However, this doesn’t mean your career needs to come to a full-stop. Instead of wasting your [...]
It’s totally normal to feel stressed, anxious, and isolated. Yes, these are super scary times, and yes your work is probably slowing down. However, this doesn’t mean your career needs to come to a full-stop. Instead of wasting your [...]
Your resume is the first impression you make on a potential employer. They usually give it a 30-second glance before deciding whether your skills, achievements, and professional background are suitable enough to make it to the next [...]
When we think of a leader, we envision a white, tall, assertive male, someone that fits the typical CEO archetype. Indeed, many of the presumptive signals that someone is leadership material, such as being aggressive, assertive, [...]
I may not be a mom myself but I do know the challenges my fellow career oriented female friends face once they become mothers. They’re used to being financially independent women yet they can’t bear to leave their children [...]
Let’s face it. Networking sucks. Pretending to be interested by a stranger’s nonsense babble and small talk can feel utterly painful. Collecting business cards from people you probably have zero intention of contacting ever again seems [...]
In case you haven’t noticed yet, I love love love to dance. I actually get scolded constantly for supposedly “doing too much”. Full time career, ballroom dancing, gym, blog etc. However, contrary to popular belief, doing more outside [...]
I still distinctly remember being a fresh graduate, excited to finally get out into the real world and earn cash in return for my hard work. I thought the worst had passed in my university years. So off I went, to travel the world and [...]
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Important career lessons I’ve learned from having terrible bosses
We tend to overly emphasize on amazing mentor bosses, when in fact, you can learn just as much (if not more!) from a bad boss. I’ve had my fair share of terrible bosses throughout my 15-year banking career. Many of them simply [...]