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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

What's my motivation?

How many ways can I answer that? Or how many ways can't I?

The reason I started this blog, and, I assume, the reason you are reading it, is because of a vague, ill-defined, discontent with our current jobs or careers. And therein, for so many, lies the problem. How do we go about defining the discontent?

And oddly that is something I've never seen addressed on any job related website. Instead of addressing the issue of why you want to change careers or move jobs they seem to jump right into job search strategies or CV hints and tips, as if you already know what to avoid. Just try typing "career assessment" in to Google (in fact, I've done it for you - career assessment) and the common thread from the results is that (a) they want to part you from your money and (b) they are all concentrating on the next step, rather than the direction of your last step.

But if you know what to avoid how come you are in the job you are in now?

posted by St Cajetan at 12:48 PM

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