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Embrace Metaphor in the Career Coaching Conversation

International Coach Academy

Experts found that many career counselors with a constructivist foundation are choosing to use metaphors and stories in their counseling practice (Thrift and Amundson, 2005). With the power of framing and reframing perspectives, metaphors have been used widely in the career counseling process. Career Counselling.

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Being an expert takes time, not talent | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

It's cool to tell stories about what I'm going through so I can inspire others (I do career consulting). You've made me more honest with myself and have made me a better writer because I'm talking more about my transformation from a tired, stifled employee to a new business owner in my blog.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

The alumni associations' staff are often-times comprised of people who've worked in corporate America, the non-profit sector or government — they haven't just been sitting in the ivory towers of academia for decades as so many in the career centers have been done.

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