How to Transition Smoothly from One Career to Another
Here are four main steps to help you as you plan to transition career: Identify the market value of your current career (degree and work experience combined, what am I worth?). It is critical to define your starting point to make proper plans, and it helps you determine whether you really must change a career. […]
How To Discover Your Market Worth To Help You Negotiate Your Pay
1) Knowing your “bottom line”: Before starting your negotiation, take a close look at your finances and calculate your monthly expenses or a rough estimate of the monthly expenses at the job location. Then, determine the lowest possible salary you can earn and still be able to support yourself and your immediate family. Then, in […]
Tips To Help You Map Out A Career Path From Your Degrees
Many recent graduates with exceptional grades may still struggle to obtain entry level jobs because of lack of portfolios full of the right skill sets and lack marketable abilities. Recently, I started my mentorship program and 90% of the participants have clear concerns about how to map out a successful career from their degrees. In […]
How I Made My Way To Finland With 700 Euros And No Accommodation
I secured admission into Savonia Polytechnic, Kuopio Finland for a second Bachelor of Science, and this time in Information Technology with a major in Embedded Systems. This was a tuition-free program (not scholarship) and what this meant was that I was supposed to be responsible for my accommodation, feeding and general up-keep for the duration […]
