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The Portfolio Career (Part 2 of 2)

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Apr 3, 2021 | blog, Career Advice, Mature Professionals , Recent Graduates

In this blog post, we pick up where we left off in our discussion of The Portfolio Career (Part One). Clearly, the world of work is changing. This is even truer during (and probably after) the pandemic. The “gig economy” that rose in the post-financial-crisis job...

The Portfolio Career (Part 1 of 2)

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Mar 20, 2021 | blog, Career Advice

I often talk about building resilient careers, in fact, it’s part of my tagline “Building Resilient Careers and Organizations.” It’s only in retrospect that I noticed that I’ve also been building a portfolio career. The portfolio career involves having several income...

The One That Got Away: Being Passed over for Promotion

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jun 13, 2020 | blog, Career Advice, Diversity & Inclusion, Hiring Staff & HR, Workplace Culture

Lately, with so much attention being paid to systemic racism it is a reminder that people of colour are less represented as one climbs up the corporate ladder. This means that most Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) have experienced being passed over for...

In the Past There was Moonlighting, Now it’s the Side Hustle

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Jun 15, 2019 | blog, Career Advice, Entrepreneurship

As I’ve noted in a previous article, self-employment is becoming more common as new technology makes self-employment easier than ever before — and changes in the economy makes entrepreneurship a necessity. A 2017 survey conducted by Bankrate reports that 44...

The Power of a Growth Mindset

by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Feb 16, 2019 | blog, Career Advice, Workplace Culture

Sometimes, I have the pleasure of working with people who are in transition into really big things. These are clients who are taking on challenging new roles or opportunities. In those situations, I always count on sharing some fundamentals that I learned in graduate...