Click Here to Listen Now! Main topic(s): Be Like a Honey Badger: Fearless Persistence Helpful Links: The World’s Most Fearless Creature is the Honey Badger Beware the Shackles of Fear God is working on you. Just hang in there. Stauffel the Honey Badger Houdini: Short Video Stauffel the Honey Badger Houdini: Long Video Persist, persist, persist. […]
Career Callings Radio: March 28, 2015
Click Here to Listen Now! Main topic(s): Is your work your money tree or your mission field? Arguments for why God is real – and why He is worth trusting! Work-at-home opportunities Helpful Links: Why does the government consider this grandmother public enemy No. 1? The Barronelle Stutzman Video A florist loses religious freedom, and […]
Career Callings Radio: March 7, 2015
Click Here to Listen Now! Main topic(s): Things that keep us from being excellent for God Helpful Links: Lessons from Reuben Two heads are not better than one Your way ain’t all it’s cracked up to be Try not to get cranky when riding in a Winnebago strapped to a rocket Jungle Book clip Joyce […]
Career Callings Radio: January 24, 2015
Click Here to Listen Now! Main topic(s): Is College for Everyone? True Grit Helpful Links: Bureau of Labor Statistics: High Wages After High School Without a Bachelor’s Degree Bureau of Labor Statistics: Education Still Pays Career Direct Assessment Grit: Video with Angela Lee Duckworth Only 27 percent of college grads have a job related to […]
Career Callings Radio: January 17, 2015
Click Here to Listen Now! Main topic(s): Knowing When It’s Time to Quit Our Job and Move On How to Quit Your Job Gracefully Helpful Links: 7 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address How to Quit Your Job Without Burning Bridges From Robbie on the January 17, […]
Highly Educated, Unemployed and Tumbling Down the Ladder
[Photo: Jim Michaud | For NBC News] In the article Highly Educated, Unemployed and Tumbling Down the Ladder, NBC News recounted the job search troubles of many highly-educated Americans. Although the article can be discouraging at first glance, the difficulty expressed within the article can actually encourage job seekers. How so? By helping job seekers understand that they are not […]
How to Avoid Career Regret
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines regret as “to feel sad or sorry about something that you did or did not do.” Most people regret something that they have done, or they regret passing on an opportunity to do something that they did not do. Some regrets are small in nature, and they have little impact on the […]
I’m so overwhelmed!
After you’ve discovered and prepared for God’s vocational calling in your life, the hard work of landing a job begins. The process of job hunting can be quite overwhelming, and it includes, among other things: Researching and approaching employers who have available jobs that match your God-given vocational design. Preparing winning resumes and cover letters […]
Get the job done, whether you feel like it or not.
Children learn a lot of things by watching their parents, and one of the biggest lessons I learned watching my mother was this: get the job done, even if you don’t feel like it. While growing up I saw my mother come down with her fair share of colds and other ailments. But I remember […]