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Don’t let a career detour compromise your goals
Excerpts from article by Dorie Clark, published in the Harvard Business Review
A year into the pandemic, many professionals have found themselves turning down coveted promotions in order to maintain flexible hours, accepting positions in fields they actually want to leave, or saying yes to jobs they’re overqualified for or unexcited about. Why? Because they simply need the money.
Those decisions may be necessary in the short term. But a temporary departure from your professional goals doesn’t mean that all is lost.
It’s essential to stay focused on your long-term career trajectory, so you can rebound quickly and get back on a path that feels right for you.
There are a variety of ways that professionals faced with these tradeoffs can begin to take back control over their career arc. Here are four strategies you can employ:
1. Reframe the situation
No one enjoys feeling like they’re moving backwards professionally. If you view your career decisions as part of a regression, you’re almost certainly going to feel frustrated, angry or embarrassed.
Instead, broaden your view: Your job isn’t the only element of your life, and even if you’re temporarily making less progress on that front, you’re advancing other goals that you’ve previously identified as equally or even more important, such as providing for your family economically or spending more time with them.
2. Dig to identify learning opportunities
If a job isn’t what you’re looking for, it’s easy to write it off as something you’re doing “just for the money.” But even suboptimal situations can become powerful opportunities to develop your skills, if you recognise them and leverage them as a chance to learn. You might uncover hidden opportunities to develop new aspects of the job that align better with your interests or that enable you to build your network.
3. Push back against standard options
The choice may seem stark: pursue your dreams or succumb to necessity. But if we get creative, there are often many more possibilities than we might imagine. Remember, there are almost always more than two choices, and most offers can be negotiated.
4. Harness small amounts of time towards your goals
The pressures of the pandemic have left almost everyone feeling burned out and overextended. Under those circumstances, it may feel like a pipedream to carve out time for long-term professional development. But even small amounts of time can be valuable if we harness them properly.
Education
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Trends transforming higher education in 2021
Excerpts from article published by the India Today Web Desk
The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly forced our classroom learning process to completely adhere to digital mediums and, at times, blended education for uninterrupted learning. The complete education system has gone through an unprecedented growth in digital transformation.
As we move towards a new beginning, we should be ready with novel challenges including student retention, student engagement, collaborative learning requirements as well as competitive models from international institutions. EdTech is going to play a pivotal role in solving these challenges for higher education institutes.
Here are the key trends that will transform higher education:
1. Video-based content to rise
One should not be surprised to learn that the usage of videos for online training will get a new momentum this year to make the education process interesting and increase student engagement. Videos are a high-impact medium and it creates an engaging learning experience with high recall and retention. It encourages micro-learning, creativity and interactivity, and enhances the learning experience.
2. Increased usage of advanced digital technology
IoT (Internet of Things), Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are going to play a pivotal role in education in order to enhance student learning and engagement. Advanced digital technology will reinvent the online learning space in the years to come. For example, AI will help in determining student learning abilities, which, in turn, will help improve the learning process.
3. Blended learning
This form of learning combines online educational materials and opportunities for online interaction with traditional place-based classroom methods. Blended learning helps in enhancing the access to education and maximises flexibility for both students and teachers. This kind of learning process is known to promote student interest, interaction and satisfaction. Blended learning is the future of global learning.
(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the article mentioned above are those of the author(s). They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of ICS Career GPS or its staff.)
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