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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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4 Types of questions get us in trouble | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

If you want emotional validation or in-depth individual career counseling, you're in the wrong place. I don't think you have the slightest idea how much time it would take for PT to do this with every single question someone asks her — and expects her to answer for free.

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

Penelope Trunk

What we got was classes where instructor read for texts, useless core classes, a foreign language requirement, and no one asking to hire our major at career services. Naturally there is a selection process that does not draw the best minds to career counseling.

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