December 2020
Beginner
240 pages
2h 59m
English
book
Managing Your Career (HBR Working Parents Series)
by Harvard Business Review, Daisy Dowling, Stewart D. Friedman, Amy Gallo, Jennifer Petriglieri
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How to Build a Meaningful Career
by Amy Gallo
Quick Takes
- Set your own definition of meaningful
- Identify things you’re good at and enjoy doing
- Consider your ideal salary, benefits, and schedule
- Imagine possible roles and create experiments to test them
- Think about where you want to be in 5, 10, 20 years
- Make a budget to give yourself a financial buffer
Everyone aspires to have purpose or meaning in their career, but it isn’t always easy to find, especially when you have obligations to consider. Building a career that helps you meet your family responsibilities and feeds your soul is challenging but not impossible. What practical steps can you take to make sure you’re not just toiling away for a paycheck but doing something you genuinely ...