Career Strategy
The Most Common Career Myths Debunked: The Truth Behind Bad Career Advice
Commonly held myths can shape our decisions and perceptions, often leading us astray. Blindly following bad career advice can take years to recover from—here, we aim to debunk and banish these myths for good. Navigating your career strategy can be daunting, enough as it is, especially when bombarded with myths and bad advice. You…
Read MoreHow do you find your passion?
How do you find your passion? Ask most people you know, and they draw a blank. Why is it that such a fundamental element of our careers & lives is so elusive? How do you find your passion actually? Most of us grapple with this question for most of our adult lives. Its overwhelming at…
Read MoreLicia Dewing Career Strategist 2021 Blog
My name is Licia Dewing, and I am a Career Strategist. Welcome to my 2021 Blog I believe that we all deserve a career we #LOVE and that our #WORK is not meant to be a struggle. I build compelling & triumphant career strategies for my clients. Here on this blog, you will read about…
Read More3 Action Step Strategies to help you to deal with retrenchment
This is a two-part Blog of Mindset & Action steps to help you deal with a retrenchment.Being retrenched is hard. Part 2: 3 Action Step Strategies to help you to deal with retrenchment Being retrenched is hard. I honour and respect the intense emotions and roller coaster ride that the process can take you on.…
Read More3 Mindset Strategies to help you to deal with retrenchment
A 2-part series of both Mindset & Action steps to help you deal with a retrenchment: Part 1 1. Guard against negativity- Replace ‘crisis’ with catalyst, and do not allow fear to steer the ship. The emotions of fear and shock are real and valid and can be debilitating at times of retrenchment, I honour…
Read More3 Things to let go in your Career
There are unnecessary things that we inadvertently take with us in life. Life like our careers is a journey- pack light and let go of these 3 things. 1/3 things to let go in your Career Holding on to other people’s opinions: Opinions are free. And they are pretty much an opinion about anything in…
Read More4 Ways to plan your LinkedIn Strategy?
What is your LinkedIn strategy? Unless you have a clear LinkedIn strategy in place, you will not get results. Social media is a distraction at the best of times. And without a clear strategy, even LinkedIn, can be a total waste of your time. Despite the platform’s potential, it’s vast number of users and global…
Read MoreWhen it feels like you’re stuck in the wrong job.
When it feels like you’re stuck in the wrong job. Know that you are not. When it feels like it’s too late to start something new. Know that you can. When it feels like no one will ever give you a break. Know that they will. And if reading this doesn’t feel real – know…
Read MoreDon’t make these 3 Interview Mistakes!
An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. So, an interview is an exchange of information to ascertain if there is a meeting of minds. In other words, you are there to talk about you and they are there to talk about what they want. Whatever you…
Read MoreTop 3 Mindsets for your Career Strategy
Your career strategy, like any epic journey in life, requires the right Mindset. It is entirely our responsibility alone to develop these top mindsets. It is our ‘job’ to create top mindsets for a successful career strategy. No one can do this for us. What is a Mindset? I like to define our Mindset as…
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