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How to Find a Career, Not Just a Job

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How to Find a Career, Not Just a Job

Your Moment of Zen

 

Dear CC: How do you find a career, not just a job?

 

Not to go all self-help on you, but it really is true: If you can find something you love, you’ll probably be good at it - or at least work hard enough so you’ll eventually get good - and if you are good, someone will pay you for it. Yes, they’re likely to pay you more if you can crunch P/E ratios rather than perform a sublime grand jeté. It’s OK to try on a few things until you stumble upon what exactly your passion is. Or maybe you just end up working to get the paycheck and to stay off the streets, and your passion is your kids, your guitar, your weekly bowling game. It doesn’t make you a bad person. CC will never hire you, but you’re not a bad person.

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Workplace worries, thorny career questions, financial fiascoes - we've got them covered! It's all here - check it out then start planning your route to the corner office.

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Cubicle

Call me "CC," Cubicle Coach. I have been "you" and now I can hire "you." I have many years of experience playing the angles, doing the dance. In my time, I've seen 'em all - the strivers, the poseurs, the weasels, the Eeyores, and the precious few who "just get it." I'll tell it to you straight.

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