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Tag Archives: Career Change

Round-Up: The Top 5 Posts of 2017

love letter to my tent and top 5 posts of 2017

Here are the top 5 posts of 2017 from Kate Ming-Sun Outdoors. As always, thank you for all of your support over the past year. Sending you my best wishes for an outdoors-filled 2018.

Posted byKate MonahanDecember 31, 2017Posted inCareer Change, OutdoorsTags:Career Change, new year, Outdoors, round-upLeave a comment on Round-Up: The Top 5 Posts of 2017

Do You Manage a Portfolio Career?

portfolio career

Here we are now in the latter half of September, in the last third of the year.

Posted byKate MonahanSeptember 18, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:career advice, Career Change, careers, portfolio career, slash careerLeave a comment on Do You Manage a Portfolio Career?

The Path of Least Resistance

path of least resistance

The path of least resistance. This phrase continues to pop up for me: in articles I read about career paths, during a conversation about writing, in a news snippet on the radio. What does it mean?

Posted byKate MonahanAugust 25, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:Career Change, careers, creativity, path of least resistance, reflection, ReflectionsLeave a comment on The Path of Least Resistance

Book Excerpt: Cooking Moroccan Stew

moroccan stew

One of my favorite things to do for clients on trip is cook for them.

Posted byKate MonahanApril 24, 2017Posted inOutdoorsTags:Book Excerpts, Career Change, cooking, guiding, memoir3 Comments on Book Excerpt: Cooking Moroccan Stew

Career Change Tools

Career change tools and social media

It’s an unnerving realization: you’re ten years into a stable, well-paying career and “all of a sudden” you need a change. Where do you start? Here are some of the career change tools I explored along my journey.

Posted byKate MonahanFebruary 2, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:Birkman, Career Change, career test, change advice, Highlands Ability Battery, new career

Career Change: Slow Down and S.T.O.P.

s.t.o.p. stop think observe plan

We have an acronym in wilderness medicine: S.T.O.P.

Posted byKate MonahanJanuary 27, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:Career Change, s.t.o.p., The Banff Centre, Wilderness Photography

Answering the “What Do You Do?” Question

what do you do

When I worked in finance, I always had a succinct answer to the standard small talk question “so, what do you do?”.

Posted byKate MonahanJanuary 19, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:Career Change, careers, jobs, life

Book Review: StrengthsFinder 2.0

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

StrengthsFinder 2.0 By Tom Rath 174 pp. Gallup Press. $25 CAD (online at Amazon.ca) or $15 USD (online at Amazon.com). [I’m pretty sure the exchange rate isn’t THAT bad, but there you have it.]

Posted byKate MonahanJanuary 12, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:book review, Career Change, review, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Tom Rath

Career Change: Climbing the Learning Curve

learning curve

It’s been five years since I decided to apply to Algonquin College’s ODAN program. Five. Years. It’s been three years since I graduated. I’ve felt like I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants since then, constantly working my way up the learning curve of new roles and a new industry.

Posted byKate MonahanJanuary 5, 2017Posted inCareer ChangeTags:Algonquin College, Career Change, learning curve, mentoring, ODAN, teaching

2016 Round-Up: Your Top 16 in ’16

2016 round-up

THANK YOU. You’ve visited this site more than 26,000 times in 2016. You’ve liked, shared, and commented on Facebook. You’ve shared the love, replied, and retweeted on Twitter. And you’ve supported me with more than 8,600 likes and comments on Instagram. Here’s what you read this year:

Posted byKate MonahanDecember 31, 2016Posted inOutdoorsTags:2016, annual review, Book Excerpts, Career Change, Outdoors, Reflections, round-up, Travel, year end

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