Career Change Advice with Dr. Jon Tam

Informational Interview Mistakes | How to Avoid Common Mistakes Informational interviews are essential for career exploration, career research, and career planning for a job search during a career change. However, it’s easy to make mistakes on informational interviews if you don’t know how to conduct an informational interview. In this episode, I’m going to cover informational interview mistakes and how to avoid common mistakes. I’ll cover how to network, informational interview do’s and don’t’s, and how to avoid informational interview mistakes. #InformationalInterview #InformationalInterviewing #InformationalInterviewMistakes #InfoInterviews #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Informational Interviewing Questions | Best Questions for Informational Interviews The best career exploration tips all involve informational interviews. In this episode, I explore the top informational interviewing questions because you need to know what questions to ask at an informational interview for effective career exploration, career research and career planning for career development. By asking the best questions for informational interviews, the info interview questions will extract the best information to help you navigate your career crossroads for a career change and even provide solid career advice and help with interview preparation. #InformationalInterview #InformationalInterviewing #InformationalInterviewQuestions #CareerExploration #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Informational Interviewing | How to Arrange an Informational Interview (Do’s and Don’ts) The best career exploration tips always involve informational interviewing. In this episode, I cover what questions to ask at an informational interview, what to do in an informational interview, how to set up and arrange informational interviews, and how to conduct informational interviews do’s and don’ts. I discuss what are informational interviews and how you can use them for career research, career planning, career development, and you can use informational interviews to network to get an interview. #InformationalInterview #InformationalInterviewing #CareerExploration #CareerDevelopment #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Career Exploration Informational Interviews | For Career Research and Career Planning In this episode, I offer career exploration tips for career identification using informational interviews for career research and career planning. Info interviews are useful for networking, and informational interviewing can help with the job-searching process by getting career advice and career tips. The informational interview requires interview preparation to solicit carer ideas and develop a career action plan to make an informed career choice for a career change. Interview skills take interview coaching and interview training to improve upon for career development and to get job tips for the job hunt to find answer the question, “what career is right for me.” #CareerExploration #InformationalInterviews #CareerResearch #CareerPlanning #CareerDevelopment #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Personal SWOT Analysis for Career Development | Career Planning, Career Research, and Career Exploration A personal SWOT analysis is essential for personal development and career development. You need to know yourself in order to conduct effective career research and career planning via a self SWOT analysis. In this episode, I explain how to conduct a personal SWOT analysis by highlighting the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a swot analysis. This SWOT analysis of yourself includes a SWOT analysis template for career exploration. I’ll teach you how to do SWOT analysis by conducting a SWOT analysis using a SWOT matrix. SWOT analysis for job seekers is critical for career development and I’ll also provide SWOT analysis examples. #PersonalSWOTAnalysis #CareerResearch #CareerPlanning #CareerExploration #CareerDevelopment Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Career Exploration Strategies for Career Research and Planning At Career Crossroads Career exploration require career strategies for career development. In this episode, I offer career advice for setting what are your career goals. I teach you how to search careers to find your future career path and selecting career pathways for career path finders who are looking to find a career. I offer career help to make a career choice and for future job searches to land your dream career. I also provide tips on. How to select a career, choosing a career, career planning, career research, developing career paths, and offer tips on how to identify and choose a career via personal growth. #CareerExploration #CareerStrategies #CareerResearch #CareerPlanning #CareerCrossroads Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Career Crossroads in my 40s | Choosing a Career Path during a Midlife Crisis People tell me “Career crossroads in my 40s is a midlife crisis”. In this episode, I offer career tips for a midlife career change in your 40s. I cover how to change careers at 40 and discuss what turning 40 years old means. I answer the questions, “Does age matter?”, “Is 40 old?”, and “is 40 years old too old to start a career?” For people who are choosing a career path in their 40s, I explain how to change career path in your 40s and how to make career change in your 40s by discussing how it is important to have your life figured out. #CareerCrossroads #CareerCrossroadsInMy40s #MidLifeCrisis #CareerChange #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Career crossroads in my 30s | Common career mistakes Is it time for a career change in your 30s when you are at a career crossroads in your 30s? Choosing a career path in your 30s is a tough decision. How to change career paths in your 30s requires you to avoid career mistakes. In this episode, I offer advice for 30 year olds for avoiding common career mistakes over a career change at 35 (give or take). If you’re 35 and stuck in life, feeling stuck in a career and desire to make a career change in your 30s, this video provides career advice for making decisions in your career choices. #CareerCrossroads #CareerCrossroadsInMy30s #CommonCareerMistakes #AvoidCareerMistakes #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Career crossroads in my 20s | Avoid these common career mistakes Being at a career crossroads in your 20s for choosing a career path or learning how to change careers in your 20s is a common problem people have. Changing career paths in your 20s and navigating a career crossroads means you need to avoid career mistakes. In this episode, I’ll teach you what are the common career mistakes in your 20s, and how to avoid career mistakes. The career advice for 20-year-olds provide career clarity on how to choose a career path in your 20s. #CareerCrossroads #CareerCrossroadsInYour20s #CommonCareerMistakes #HowToAvoidCareerMistakes #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Overcoming job hopping interview questions | Get that job offer In this episode, I offer job interview tips and advice on how to overcome job hopping interview questions. Job hopper interview questions will inevitably be asked if you have a history of job hopping and you need to learn how to explain job hopping to the interviewers. Job hoppers, especially job hopping millennials, need to understand that despite that job hopping is neither good or bad, employers will ask interview questions about your job hopping history. Stay till the end to learn the ultimate job hopping interview tips and advice and the best answer to the job hopper question for job hopping millennials. #JobHopping #JobHopper #JobHoppingInterview #InterviewTips #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test   Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Explaining job hopping on your cover letter (Quick and Easy) Job hoppers need to explain their job hops in their cover letters. In this episode, I offer job hopping cover letter tips and advice and teach job hoppers how to recover from job hopping by landing a long-term job. Job hopping is neither good or bad, and everyone has their job-hopping reasons, but it is important to recognize how to stop job hopping, especially if job hopping is bad for your career. Job hopping millennials who exhibit the job-hopping syndrome of switching jobs after 1 year or changing jobs frequently will affect career outcomes in the long term. This video offers job hopping tips and advice by giving job hopping cover letter examples. #JobHopping #JobHopper #CoverLetter #JobHoppingCoverLetter #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Job hopping resume mistakes ruining your resume (and How to Recover) Job hopping for job hoppers create a lot of problems on your resume. In this episode, I offer job hopping resume tips and advice for a job hopper’s resume. Having a strong resume is the first step on how to stop job hopping millennials from exhibiting the job hopping syndrome – switching jobs after 1 year. Changing jobs frequently will affect your career negatively, which is why job hopping is bad. I offer job hopping advice along with a job hopping resume examples on how to recover from job hopping. #JobHopping #JobHoppingResume #JobHopper #JobHopperResume #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

Job hopping in your 30s is bad | Stop ruining your career Job hopping in your 30s can be bad. There are a lot of reasons why job hopping is bad when job hoppers job hop. Job hopping syndrome, especially switching jobs after 1 year with compulsive job quitting and changing jobs frequently will affect your career negatively. In this episode, I offer career change advice for job hopping millennials in their 30s and give job hopping tips and advice by weighing the advantages and disadvantages of job hopping and outline the pros and cons of job hopping to determine whether job hopping is good or bad. #JobHopping #JobHopper #JobHop #WhyJobHoppingIsBad #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 episode, I weigh the advantages and disadvantages of job hopping and lay out its pros and cons by evaluating whether job hopping is good or bad in your 20s. I offer career change advice on why you should job hop if you are in your 20s or are a millennial. #JobHopping #JobHop #JobHopper #JobHoppingBenefits #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 job hopping tips and advice on the advantages and disadvantages of job hopping by examining millennial job statistics in the millennials job market. I offer career advice and tips on whether job hopping in your 20s is good or bad and reasons for job hopping for career change. #jobhop #jobhopping #jobhopper #jobhoppingmillennials #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 are asking “Should I do a PhD” vs a masters, or asking “Is grad school worth it,” I weigh the pros and cons of a PhD and the specific reasons to do or not to do a PhD at Oxford. Based on my postgrad experience at Oxford, I answer should you do a PhD and whether getting a doctorate is worth it or not for a corporate career. #OxfordUniversity #UniversityOfOxford #IsAPhDWorthIt #IsADPhilWorthIt #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 masters, or asking “Is grad school worth it.” I weigh the pros and cons of a PhD and the specific reasons to do or not to do a PhD at Oxford. Based on my postgrad experience at Oxford, I answer should you do a PhD and whether getting a doctorate is worth it nor not for academia. #UniversityOfOxford #IsAPhDWorthIt #IsADPhilWorthIt #OxfordUniversity Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 a year. In this episode, I rant about how they got my diploma wrong, I was lucky to avoid COVID, I never wear the gown and cap, and what I’m up to now at Canadian Chinese School of Theology at Tyndale University and launching my Career Clarity Mastery course. #UniversityOfOxfordGraduation #OxfordUniversityGraduation #OxfordPhDGraduation #OxfordDPhilGraduation #PhDReflections #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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 career advice on how to navigate a career change in your mid twenties. Whether you’re changing career paths, or picking a career with no experience, you can find your dream career if you first find your passion. After that, you can find your ideal and dream career even if you have limited experience. #FindingMyCareerPath #FindingMyCareerPathInMy20s #LimitedWorkExperience #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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’ll teach you how to find your dream career by choosing a career path for your ideal career and how to know which career is right for you. #FindingMyCareerPath #FindMyPath #FindMyCareer #FindMyPassion #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube