Have you experienced online classes during covid? You know that time when you turned off the camera and listened to the class while you were in the background making lunch and chatting with your friends? How effective did you find this method of learning? Do you think the same thing would happen if you had to work from the comfort of your own room?

The world of work is changing by the waves of the technological development and by the appearance of the artificial intelligence and the rate of change continues to accelerate. In practice the change means that the workplaces automate the manual, repetitive, monotonous tasks, but at the same time the value of those jobs increases in which human skills are specifically needed and the computers cannot solve them yet. In the workplace of the future the most successful will be those who have digital skills and develop human skills relating to the attitude, work and cooperation with others.

You may wonder what else is needed to be successful? At the university or later in the working life. You learn everything, you prepare for the exams, you consult the professional materials, you try to collect many useful information, knowledge that help you to obtain the degree and then to build a career.

But what else you may need in addition to these knowledge-based skills?

In the past few years the labour market has changed a lot in terms of expectations for employees. Employers are looking for colleagues who are independent, capable or willing to take responsibility, and able to communicate assertively. This means that employees, regardless of their seniority, should be able to make their own decisions at their own level. They should be able to recognize the decision-making situation and assume the responsibility that comes with it. Don’t expect someone to tell you what to do every step of the way. By accepting the responsibilities that come with it in everyday life, a person takes a big step toward meeting this requirement in the world of work.

How can I find meaning in my work?

We tend to deal with the question in the title when an event in our life changes our thinking. Our job choices are often the result of unconscious decisions. When you are in high school, for example, you are not necessarily aware of what jobs there are and what people do in these jobs. Most of the time, we are more concerned with what courses are offered in higher education and what are the criteria for successful admission.

In this article we will consider what it means to be in my place.

For which period of your life, for which moment of your life could you say that you are in your place or you were in your place in the past. If you have experienced that feeling once, that is great, because it gives you a positive example of what you want in the present. You know what you are looking for.

A successful job interview requires a thorough preparation. In this article we review the steps which should be taken before the interview, what kind of questions should be prepare for, we examine the process of the job interview and we will touch on the wage negotiation as well.

It is hard for everyone to adapt to a new situation. You are admitted to the university, suddenly the expectations are different, you have to study more, the exams are more difficult.