All fantastic advice and resonates with my experience on both sides of the aisle here. I was racking my brain for things I’d disagree with or add and I struggled, because I think you’ve covered it pretty well.
One thing I might add, is to be open to challenging (gently and with great care) basic assumptions career seekers might have even early in the conversation. It often surprises me how people dismiss or haven’t even considered certain ideas (such as starting their own thing/org), or are stuck thinking thinking down certain paths. People think things are impossible which may be very possible.
Sometimes when you aren’t so personally close to someone, its actually easier to challenge assumptions early in the conversation.
I think this challenging of career assumptions is especially valuable to people who are young or new to an area.
I’ve seen people before tunnel vision towards a particular path due to missing some details in the field as a whole and all their questions presupposed some sort of path.
Challenging this can help see the tradeoffs of decisions more clearly.
All fantastic advice and resonates with my experience on both sides of the aisle here. I was racking my brain for things I’d disagree with or add and I struggled, because I think you’ve covered it pretty well.
One thing I might add, is to be open to challenging (gently and with great care) basic assumptions career seekers might have even early in the conversation. It often surprises me how people dismiss or haven’t even considered certain ideas (such as starting their own thing/org), or are stuck thinking thinking down certain paths. People think things are impossible which may be very possible.
Sometimes when you aren’t so personally close to someone, its actually easier to challenge assumptions early in the conversation.
I think this challenging of career assumptions is especially valuable to people who are young or new to an area.
I’ve seen people before tunnel vision towards a particular path due to missing some details in the field as a whole and all their questions presupposed some sort of path.
Challenging this can help see the tradeoffs of decisions more clearly.