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4-Year Career Transition Checkpoint

Back in 2017, I left the Navy with the amorphous goal of “get myself involved in tech somehow”. 4 years on, it’s useful to take a moment to reflect on […]

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Ben
Posted in CareerTagged career capital, career development, career planningLeave a comment

Is there still job security?

This post took me a while to pull together. Part of the reason is the sensitivity of the whole issue. If you’ve read my other article on the Singapore economy, […]

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Ben
Posted in Career, MusingsTagged career development, career planningLeave a comment

Thrown in the Deep End of Deep Learning

It’s been 4 busy months since I wrote my last article, unfortunately I wasn’t able to keep this site updated as frequently as I hoped. This was due to my […]

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Ben
Posted in UpskillingTagged career development, Deep Learning, Udacity, upskillLeave a comment

Knowing Your Interests May (Or May Not) Be Useful for Your Career Choice

Today, many people think that career interests are all about their 3 letter RIASEC code. This is an oversimplification I want to dispel upfront. As mentioned in the article on […]

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Ben
Posted in CareerTagged career development, career interests, career planning1 Comment

How Applying Your Personality Leads to Better Career Satisfaction and Success

When most people think about personality, they think about MBTI®, DISC®, Big 5 or other personality assessment tools*. Many personality tests became popular some years back when they were digitalised […]

Posted on July 25, 2020August 1, 2020 by Ben
Posted in CareerTagged career adaptability, career assessment, career development, Holland, Personality, RIASEC, vocational choice, Vocational Personality10 Comments

Getting CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ Certified

To complement the PMI-ACP I earned earlier, I decided to take a more technical certification. I thought cloud certification would be the most useful, considering current technological trends and my […]

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Ben
Posted in UpskillingTagged career capital, career development, career progression, cloud, upskill10 Comments

3 Unexpected Things I Learnt Volunteering at a Career Centre

One of the pressing needs from the COVID-19 induced economic crisis is the struggle to keep unemployment low. Apart from wage support for employers, my country made career services more […]

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Ben
Posted in Career, MusingsTagged career adaptability, career development, policy, volunteer10 Comments

The Most Important Skill to Have Today (It’s Not What You Think!)

The buzzword today is digitalisation. Countries and corporations are scrambling to take advantage of these new technologies to transform their processes and business. From big data, coding and artificial intelligence […]

Posted on June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 by Ben
Posted in Career, UpskillingTagged career construction, career development, story-telling, upskillLeave a comment

5 Key Takeaways From the PCDA Webinar: Moving to New Narratives

In my mission to simplify career development for the man-on-the-street, I actively look for opportunities to learn from professionals. With a similar mission to promote career development, the People and […]

Posted on May 30, 2020July 22, 2020 by Ben
Posted in CareerTagged bounceback, career development, career planning, pcda, webinar7 Comments

Leveraging your boss to meet your career goals

Edit (21 Oct): Corrected a recommendation I made below to use Holland’s RIASEC in place of CliftonStrengths as they are not exact substitutes. The insights from VIA Strengths is more […]

Posted on May 23, 2020October 21, 2020 by Ben
Posted in CareerTagged career capital, career development, career progression, CliftonStrengths6 Comments

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