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Presentation: Career Education & Campus Well-Being

June 17, 2013by David Lindskoog Leave a comment

Don’t you just love conferences? Despite the fact that my personal well of social interactivity typically runs dry well before most conferences end, I always enjoy the opportunities conferences provide […]

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(don't quit) your day job, Presentations & Talks
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Go Ahead, Contradict Yourself

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My first ever counselling session. My first professional conference presentation. Defending my thesis. Pretty much any “first day on the job” I’ve ever had. Those last swollen seconds between “set” […]

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(don't quit) your day job, Dave's Diary, free associations
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Calling It What It Is

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“Passion” got a double treatment (Passion! Passion!) recently, so I thought I would move on to something with a slightly different flavour this time around: callings. What’s a calling? Researchers […]

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Passion With A “Small p”: The Whisky Story

March 28, 2013by David Lindskoog 3 Comments

Last week, I had quite a bit of fun examining what we mean in the career world when we use the word “passion.” In the process, I did some thinking […]

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(don't quit) your day job, Dave's Diary, free associations
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How To Say Goodbye At Work

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Today I want to write about saying goodbye. It’s something I’ve done before (see post: “I’ll See You Around“), but recent experiences have inspired me to shed some more light […]

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(don't quit) your day job, Dave's Diary, existentialism
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Do We Need A New Word For “Career?”

February 25, 2013by David Lindskoog 1 Comment

When a post like last week’s is as popular as it is (so far it’s definitely the most-read article I’ve written here), it’s rather difficult to know how to follow […]

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Generation Jobless?

February 13, 2013by David Lindskoog 14 Comments

A little more than two years ago, I wrote a post titled “Academia vs. Students: Disconnected.” The post felt a little bit controversial as I voiced some criticisms of the […]

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Feeling Stuck? Press Reset

February 1, 2013by David Lindskoog 3 Comments

Why am I here? Why am I doing this? Why are things the way they are? These are questions we’ve all asked ourselves more times than is possible to count. […]

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(don't quit) your day job, Dave's Diary, existentialism

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