Career Advice Journal

This isn’t some fairy tale. It’s not a story about “making it” in the traditional sense. It’s a story about adaptation.

Working without a net forces you to be more vigilant, more organized, and more assertive than you might be comfortable with. It’s exhausting, frankly.

The future of hiring and payroll won’t be a sudden, dramatic overthrow of the old system. It will be a gradual integration.

Navigating your rights under the ADA can feel intimidating, but understanding the basics of Title I is the first step toward self-advocacy.

The Great Recalibration is a continuous process. It’s a workforce that is more mobile, more strategic, and less sentimental than ever before.

Living and working from a van is not an escape from responsibility; it’s an exchange of one set of responsibilities for another.

The hustles below aren’t passive income fantasies. They are active, skill-based services you can start offering tonight with zero upfront financial cost.

Your value as a person is not tied to your output. You need to remind your brain of that fact by engaging in joyful, gloriously unproductive activities.

Pick your path, get obsessed with it, and build your own ladder. The view from the top is pretty great, and you don’t even have to put on shoes to enjoy it.

Today’s video resume is an entirely different beast. It’s not a replacement for the traditional resume; it’s a supplement. It’s a trailer. A teaser.

ChatGPT is an incredible tool. It can take 80% of the grunt work out of writing a resume. It can help you brainstorm, organize, and articulate your value in a way you might struggle to do on your own.

Salary negotiation isn’t about your worth as a human being. It’s not a plea for validation. It is a business transaction, pure and simple.

Your career is your business, and you have to run it like one. Don’t just work in it; work on it.