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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer

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Career Services From A Distance: Make Sure You’re Doing These 5 Things

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Oct 01, 2020

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Mar 24, 2020

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Oct 21, 2019

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Sep 24, 2019

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. 

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Aug 27, 2019
Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Aug 08, 2019

What Career Path Finder Actually Works?

What kind of tools are available that might serve as an effective career path finder?

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Jul 23, 2019

Abilities: What Are They?

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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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Jun 11, 2019

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer May 28, 2019

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...

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Bryan Dik, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Apr 23, 2019

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