When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Giraffe; the career guide for not so grown ups - coming soon!
As someone who has worked as a nanny, a careers adviser, a teacher of English as a foreign language, an NLP coach to adult clients and is also a parent and a real person too, I understand and am fascinated by the power of communication. What we believe is possible and how we communicate that, as individuals and as a society, can create learnt beliefs and unconscious decisions so that by the time we are encouraged to make choices about our future, the path is already set. That's not to say we can't and don't make changes. The average person nowadays changes jobs about twelve times in their working life; many come to me citing that they chose the path they felt they 'should' have taken as opposed to the one they really wanted.
And that's why I have written the soon to be published 'When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Giraffe; the career guide for not so grown ups' - it's for the people who want to do it differently, who are ready for change and to live life free from limitations...as we all once did. The book is packed full of career guidance and coaching tools to overcome barriers to moving forward and it is my hope that through reading it people will change what they perceive is possible for themselves, and as such, change what the world perceives as possible.
Follow the story , be inspired and watch the book come to life on Instagram @holsamlife
And that's why I have written the soon to be published 'When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Giraffe; the career guide for not so grown ups' - it's for the people who want to do it differently, who are ready for change and to live life free from limitations...as we all once did. The book is packed full of career guidance and coaching tools to overcome barriers to moving forward and it is my hope that through reading it people will change what they perceive is possible for themselves, and as such, change what the world perceives as possible.
Follow the story , be inspired and watch the book come to life on Instagram @holsamlife
Women in #STEMcareers are becoming more accepted due to increased encouragement and attention on the subject, but we can do more. Whilst girls and boys largely believe both genders can do this job by the time we get to secondary/further education we become more aware of what our peers are doing plus our academic and practical skills are tested here, increasing the fear of failure and making many girls bow out of the ‘competition’. I met one little girl already put off being an astronaut because the costume was ‘for a boy’ and previously met a fifteen year old opting for bookkeeping over biology because ‘being a marine biologist would make having a family harder’. As parents, teachers and indeed, for ourselves, we need to do more to improve the message that, with the right training, opportunities and mindset, anything is possible. #giraffedreams #stem
‘What we instill in our children will be the foundation upon which they build their future’.
As thousands of our young people wait anxiously, or excitedly, to pick up their A level results today
it’s important to remember that we are more than a qualification...but often around school age is where
we start to build our walls and judge ourselves based on results from a test that may get a different result
in a different time. ‘You are confined only by the walls you build yourself’ - don’t let your results define
you.
Go forth and conquer! #giraffedreams
As thousands of our young people wait anxiously, or excitedly, to pick up their A level results today
it’s important to remember that we are more than a qualification...but often around school age is where
we start to build our walls and judge ourselves based on results from a test that may get a different result
in a different time. ‘You are confined only by the walls you build yourself’ - don’t let your results define
you.
Go forth and conquer! #giraffedreams
At this point many children have interests in many things, in this case a ballet dancing doctor or vet as she loves helping others and being creative. Luckily her mum is creative too and has a background in careers, but many parents are already saying ‘pick one!’
A portfolio career enables you to do more than one thing you love, essentially creating your own career. If you’re undecided, perhaps you can find a way to do it all, whether that’s studying one thing whilst being actively involved in something else or working/running two or three flexible jobs.
Who says you have to pick one now? #giraffedreams #dancingthroughlife
A portfolio career enables you to do more than one thing you love, essentially creating your own career. If you’re undecided, perhaps you can find a way to do it all, whether that’s studying one thing whilst being actively involved in something else or working/running two or three flexible jobs.
Who says you have to pick one now? #giraffedreams #dancingthroughlife