How to manage your way out of a stagnant career
When you hit a wall, careerwise, your immediate instinct is to blame the position — or the institution that created it — as the source of the problem. And sometimes that’s the case. Certainly higher education can be a daunting place to work, especially for people who are untenured, who work in staff roles, or who come from underrepresented or less-privileged backgrounds. But for any number of reasons — financial, family, field — you might be unable to quit your job or leave academe. Discussions of the structural underpinnings of workplace dissatisfaction are important and necessary. But they offer thin gruel for anyone hungry for immediate, practical career guidance. So which aspects of your predicament can you control? What changes could you make to improve your own situation?
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