An excellent article on what happens when you orient your career towards progress. It’s written for career pivots, but has the kind of advice that can help college students in thinking about their first steps and all the ones that follow.
A focus on progress is an active commitment to putting yourself in environments that will bring out your best. It helps you stand out amid the army of applicants all reaching for the same rung on the career ladder. Progress gives you the freedom to see your career in chapters and create space to be emergent rather than assuming you have to write one linear story all at once.
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