Whether you're looking to land that next job, build resilience against today's layoff culture, or create the perfect launch pad for a business of your own, it's time to take back control of your professional identity.
Last week, I learned of a former colleague who stumbled through explaining a 4-month gap to a hiring manager, apologizing for something that wasn't her fault. The shame in her voice hit me: we've been conditioned to see employment gaps as professional failures instead of what they actually are... proof that the system is broken, not us.
How did we get so professionally fragile that a few months without a corporate badge makes us feel like damaged goods?
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A few years ago, I watched a colleague work himself into exhaustion becoming the only person who understood our department's most critical system. He thought he was building job security. What he actually built was a prison. When a promotion opened up, leadership passed him overā€”they couldn't afford to move him. Meanwhile, I'd spent a decade doing the...
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You've heard of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the practice of structuring web content to rank high in Google searches. More recently, you may have encountered GEO or AEO (Generative Engine Optimization or AI Engine Optimization), optimizing content so AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude reference it.
But there's a third optimization you've proba...
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A year ago, I wasn't sure this community would exist.
The Professional Independence Academy was an idea... a conviction that professionals deserved more than hoping their employer would keep them around. That we could build careers that thrive regardless of what any single company decides.
Today, I'm writing to so many of you. How did we get here?
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Whether you're looking to land that next job, build resilience against today's layoff culture, or create the perfect launch pad for a business of your own, it's time to take back control of your professional identity.
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