Career Change Advice with Dr. Jon Tam

Job hopping benefits for your career | Why you should do it early There are a lot of benefits to job hopping for your career. Job hopping for job hoppers (aka the job hopping syndrome) is switching jobs after 1 year or 2. There are many ways changing jobs frequently will affect your career and it’s important to look at job hopping statistics to come up with job hopping tips and advice. In this epi...

Job Hopping in your 20s | It's NORMAL (Stop Blaming Yourself) Job hopping millennials are often labeled the job hopping generation. In this episode, I explain what is job hopping and its meaning, and why millennials tend to be job hoppers or exhibit the job hopping syndrome by switching jobs after 1 year. Job hopping statistics show that changing jobs frequently will affect your career and I offer...

Is a PhD Worth It (From Oxford University) | Weighing the Pros and Cons of Getting a DPhil for a Corporate Career Is a PhD from the University of Oxford worth it? In this episode, I weigh the pros and cons of getting a DPhil (PhD) from Oxford University for a corporate carer. I explain why do a PhD (DPhil), what are the benefits of a PhD for a corporate career, and how hard is a PhD. For those who...

Is a PhD Worth It (From Oxford University) | Weighing the Pros and Cons of Getting a DPhil from Oxford for Academia Is a PhD from the University of Oxford worth it? In this episode, I weigh the pros and cons of getting a DPhil (PhD) from Oxford University. I explain why do a PhD (DPhil), what are the benefits of a PhD, and how hard is a PhD. For those who are asking “Should I do a PhD” vs a master...

University of Oxford Graduation for DPhil (Ph. D.) | One Year Reflection A Ph. D. (DPhil) graduation at the University of Oxford is a special occasion. Oxford University’s DPhil (Ph. D.) graduation ceremony is for students graduating from University of Oxford’s graduate school. 2019 was the year of my graduation at the University of Oxford and I wanted to reflect on the changes that happened over...

Finding my career path in my 20s with limited experience (4 simple steps) Many people in their twenties ask, “How should I go about finding my career path in my 20s”. Finding your career path in your 20s with limited experience is difficult. Finding your career path with no experience is worse. In this episode, I’m going to teach you how to choose a career with limited experience and give you care...

Finding my career path in my 20s when I have no passion (5 easy steps) Finding your career path in your 20s is a challenge on how to choose a career. You may be considering a career change and need career advice on how to find your ideal career path. Learning how to pick a career or changing career paths in your mid twenties mean you first need to learn how to find your passion. In this episode, I...

How to stop being a people pleaser at work (but still be nice) How to stop being a people pleaser at work means you’ve got to stop people pleasing. People pleasers fall into the routine of people pleasing often because they don’t know how to say no without feeling bad or how to be less agreeable. Setting boundaries, especially setting healthy boundaries, is super important and it could mean learni...

Setting Healthy Boundaries Working Online from Home (Protect Your Sanity!)   Setting healthy boundaries working online from home is about the soft skill of self-management. In this episode, I give tips on how to work from home and give advice on setting boundaries. These tips on setting boundaries working from home online will help you focus better, become more productive, and prevent you fro...

Setting Boundaries with a Difficult Boss by Managing Up (Start Now!)   Setting boundaries with a difficult boss requires you to learn how to set boundaries, especially interpersonal boundaries in the workplace. Setting boundaries with your manager or boss is part of “managing up,” and involves maintaining professionalism in the relationship between manager and employee and how to manage your...

How to Say No to Your Boss RESPECTFULLY (Get Time Back!)   How to say no to your boss respectfully, politely, and gracefully is a tough task. In this episode, I explain how to say no to your manager and navigate tough conversations with your manager by signalling and setting healthy boundaries with your boss. The best way to do this is learning how to say no to your boss without actually sayi...

How to Say No to People in my Workplace Without Feeling Guilty Learn how to say no to people at work by setting healthy boundaries. In this episode, I cover the soft skill of communication on how to say no to coworkers and colleagues by methods such as learning how to say no without saying no and how to say no at work without feeling guilty. As a result, you learn how to stop being a pushover by b...

Setting healthy boundaries at work (Stop feeling drained!)   The secret to setting healthy boundaries at work is to learn the soft skill on how to set healthy boundaries with coworkers that are healthy work boundaries. The danger of not setting healthy boundaries is that you will be emotionally drained from the workplace. Here are some tips on how to set healthy professional boundaries in the...

Soft Skills vs Hard Skills | Differences at Work Explained (for 2020)   Comparisons between soft skills vs hard skills are important in soft skills development. Knowing what are soft skills and what are hard skills pinpoints the work skills and interpersonal skills that need development. However, that can only be achieved with clear soft skills definitions and hard skills meaning to have a co...

Soft Skills Benefits for Career Success | Work Smarter, Not Harder   The benefits of soft skills at work and at home are immense. In this episode, I outline why building soft skills for career success in the workplace through soft skills training helps develop people skills and interpersonal skills and why that is essential for career success. The soft skills for the future are the soft skill...

Best soft skills millennials need to have for career success in the workplace (For the 2020s)   The best soft skills for the future are compiled in this episode’s top soft skills list. I outline the best soft skills for work and why they are the top soft skills for the workplace and career success. I explain why these soft skills are at the top of social skills list and why these people skill...

Jordan Peterson’s Understand Myself Couples Personality Test Review | Relationship Report Jordan Peterson’s Understand Myself uses the Big Five Aspects Scale for its big five personality test. Recently, understandmyself.com released an Understand Myself Relationship Report which is a personality test for couples. In this video, my wife and I take Jordan Peterson’s Big Five Personality Trait’s Big...

Soft Skills Trends of the Future in the Workplace (4 REASONS TO PLAN AHEAD)   Soft skills trends in the 21st century are future skills. The future of skills is to close the digital skills gap for jobs in 2030 to prepare for the future of work. The benefits of soft skills for the future are immense because they are the future skills at work in demand. Therefore, the importance of training soft...

What are Soft Skills | Newest Definition for Work in 2020 (MUST WATCH)   What are soft skills? Soft skills for professionalism and career success involve soft skills training and soft skills development in the workplace. I provide soft skills definition and soft skills meaning by providing soft skills examples, what are soft skills that involves communication, people skills, career skills, an...

Finding My Career Path In My 20s | 4 Quick Questions (Save Money and Time!)   “How to find my career path in my 20s?” is a common question young people ask when they’re finding a career path. The truth is, finding your dream career is difficult because how to decide on a career in your mid twenties is clouded by an uncertain future. How to find your ideal career is an art that requires a thor...

6 Career Coach Benefits (To Get Your DREAM JOB!) Career change coaches help with career change and bring about career change benefits through career change advice. A career coach helps you switch careers and start a new career through career transition coaching that gives structure on how to change careers when you’re lost and how to have a career transition. Career transition coaches offer career...

Soft Skills in the Workplace | How Companies will Develop People in the Future (3 Secrets)   The increased importance of soft skills in the workplace will affect soft skills recruitment and soft skills development in the workplace. Therefore, it is essential to understand how to develop soft skills in the workplace and improving soft skills in the workplace to close the digital skills gap and...

Career Change Stages For Transitioning to a New Career | 5 CRITICAL Steps  Considering a career change?  Career changes can be divided into 5 career change stages. Career change coaching specifically focuses on the career change transition and provides career transition assistance to help your take control over your career transition. Whether you’re in a mid-career transition or have car...

4 Reasons for a career change - A Checklist (Cover all your bases)   Reasons for a career change are essentially asking the question “Why change careers?” A best-case scenario for this career change is often assisted by a career change coach, who offers career change advice to smooth out the transition and switch to a new career. As a career coach offering career transition coaching for peopl...

Career Change Mindset for Early- to Mid-Career | 6 Tips to Overcome Anxiety   A successful career change requires a career change mindset. Having clear reasons and motivation to change careers helps career switchers overcome anxiety during their career transition. In this video, I outline career advice and tips for a strong career change mindset for early- to mid-career professionals consider...