In this new era, your campus (if it’s like most campuses) is at least somewhat, and possibly totally, online. If you work in a career center, your livelihood used to consist of helping students...
Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer
Recent Posts
New to Online Courses? 8 Tips for Student Success
If you are a student who hasn’t taken an online course before, and now ALL your classes are online, you may a little unsure about what you’re getting into. What you can expect is probably at least as...
Best Career Advice: Are Colleges Giving Students What They Need?
Do U.S. colleges provide students the best career advice to build successful careers? According toan article inTheAtlantic, maybe not. Citing the results of aGallup-Purdue Index studysuggesting...
Should Strengths Guide Students’ Vocational Discernment?
Should Strengths Guide Students’ Vocational Discernment? There is something intuitively appealing about strengths. We tend to assume that identifying and leaning on their unique strengths is a key...
How to Find Your Calling: What Parents Can Do to Help Their Children
“How to find your calling” is not something we normally think about as young children.
What Are Your Interests? Start With Interests or Your Skills Won’t Matter
“What are your interests?”
What Career Path Finder Actually Works?
What kind of tools are available that might serve as an effective career path finder?
Abilities: What Are They?
What makes us different, is it our abilities? A key strategy for discerning a calling is to start by understanding your gifts, where “gifts” is defined...
Personal Strengths Exercise: You at Your Best
A key way to get more out of your job is to understand and consistently use yourpersonal strengths. One informal strategy for assessing yourpersonal strengthsis to think carefully about a recent...
Get Ahead and Set SMARTER Goals for Work and Life
Are your goals working for you?
Goals are a powerful influence on behavior; they help us organize our activity and pursue a particular target (like getting a degree, getting a job, or achieving a...