Hello and welcome my fellow global citizens! This is Professionally Personal, a blog dedicated to sharing our professional experiences from a personal perspective. After graduating from college or switching industries, we need to get acclimated into a new way of…...
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I wanted to take myself on a journey back to the past and relive a moment many of us go through after graduating college – starry eyed and hopeful coming out of university grounds thinking the world is our oyster, Read more…
I sometimes question what the word gratitude means to others. Of course, we can all look up the definition for any word by simply clicking a button, but there are just some words that play a huge impact in how Read more…
The act of managing people is not a skill that can easily be obtained. There is a high amount of work and self-reflection that will need to be done to become the best manager you can be for your subordinates. Read more…
Most of the time, a promotion won’t just fall on your lap just because you’ve been working hard for months to years, and everyone around you has noticed and complimented you on your hard work. Unfortunately, many companies and managers Read more…
I tend to wonder where my life will go, and will I be stuck in a constant cycle of “is good not good enough”? I am in a period of transition.
Is deportation my future? I continue to worry about whether or not one day I will be grabbed up and sent to a country I do not know.
“And so begins the long stretch of no holidays until Thanksgiving and now.” When I heard these words from my boss during our team meeting, my heart sank. What was said by him in a joking matter did not land Read more…
What lessons were you taught about work that could be impacting you? Although Black people are the minority in the US, we make up the largest percentage of unionized labor according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. My step dad Read more…
It is recommended that everyone take a personal SWOT Analysis when entering into their career. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; and will help to really understand who you are and the steps needed to be successful and Read more…
There are moments in life where you are silently screaming through a tight-lipped smile. Those moments for me come when I’ve been underestimated by the people around me. It makes me so frustrated to sit in a corporate space and Read more…