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Embrace Metaphor in the Career Coaching Conversation

International Coach Academy

People are using metaphors in career-related conversations sometimes they don’t realize it. Metaphor is a powerful tool allowing us to see different perspectives of complex and abstract things by connecting with physical and social experiences (Lakoff and Johnson, 2008). Journal of Employment Counseling, 39, 98-108. McMahon, M.

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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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