#StoryListening.It's a word we use daily here at OneLifeTools. It's the theme of this microblog. It's a skill we deliver during our #narrativetraining for helping professionals. And it's a missing piece in so many clients'#jobsearchstrategies. When you can google anything and get a few answers and examples, what's the point of a person-to-person chat about a field, job, or career path?
How many great ideas are collecting dust on your shelves? Career is ever-changing, fluid and dependent on external forces. So are the available tools and strategies that help us support our clients. We actively seek out that new activity, great TedTalk, awesome podcast & best practice.
We love metaphors at OneLifeTools. We often use them to communicate complex ideas to trainees and clients. We share new ones that we hear from#WhoYouAreMattersplayers. We embed them in online learning sessions.
"I didn't know it was a thing." A group of PhD students played our careers boardgame last week. This was the answer we got when we asked "who here has had a conversation with a career professional?"
There's a new baby in my life. Her mom is a dear friend. Lately I've been thinking: how will this tiny human figure out what she wants to be when she grows up?