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Hedge Your Work Against “Career Cliffs”
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
My hypothetical career nightmare is easy: Wake up one morning without any usable skills to carry with me through the next transition. I call this end-of-the-world scenario for my job the “career cliff.” In this future state of loss, I’m [...] Read more
The 5 Cardinal Rules of Moderating a Panel
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
A snapshot from a recent panel in which I was a participant, not a moderator So, you’ve been asked to moderate a panel discussion at an event. Great…you’ve snagged the runner-up position instead of being selected a full-on speaker. Time [...] Read more
The 4-Box Job Searching Grid
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
So you want a new job? Great. Hold your nose and start applying, right? No. Absolutely not. Unless you’re looking for the clearest path to resume purgatory and the most likely option to put yourself back on the job market [...] Read more
Want a mentor? Stop asking for one.
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
UPDATED: See part two of this series here: “What to turn a mentor into a role model? Just be cool.” At least once a week, I get a request with a familiar ring to it: “I heard what you said [...] Read more
Dangerous Liaisons: The Fallacy of the Modern-Day Coffee
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
Coffee doesn’t mean what it used to. It’s no longer just a beverage; it’s the most highly leveraged social interaction model of our time. The only problem is, we’re getting lazy in our approach. And this is leading to one [...] Read more
Want to turn a role model into a mentor? Just be cool.
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
This is the second part of my series on mentorship, which I started a few months ago here with the post, “Want a mentor? Stop asking for one.” A few months ago, I wrote about how the kiss of death [...] Read more
We’re not burnouts; we’re just dopamine addicts
Bethany Crystal – Apr 27, 2019
I’m a couple of weeks behind on reading and processing this article on “The Burnout Generation,” a long article that offers up an explanation for why those of us living in the Millennial Generation often fail to complete tedious, but [...] Read more
Female Friend(shifts): What happens when all your friends have babies
Bethany Crystal – Apr 26, 2019
The fear of losing out (on friends) About six months ago, I got pretty depressed that all of my friends were either pregnant or had recently had babies. (In case you’re wondering, it was 12 by the way. Twelve friends [...] Read more
The Difference Between “Can” and “Should”
Bethany Crystal – Apr 22, 2019
I’ve always had a pretty big problem with this one. As soon as somebody says, “You can’t do that,” my immediate instinctual reaction is as follows: “Oh yeah? Just you wait.” Every. Single. Time. This has served me well countless [...] Read more