#career-planning

#career-planning

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act protects pregnant employees from workplace discrimination based on your pregnancy. Additionally, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires your employer to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions. For maternity leave, the Family and Medical Leave Act (federal law) entitles eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave following childbirth if you've worked at your company for at least a year.

Two journalists were arrested in connection with their coverage of a protest. Two residents were shot and killed while documenting the actions of ICE agents in Minneapolis. And the list goes on. I spoke to Siobhan Flowers , a licensed therapist and a former television reporter, to help journalists make sense of their emotions and feelings around what's happening in the industry. To start, Flowers said, don't gaslight yourself if you are feeling more depressed about work or the stories you're covering.

Many women begin the year with broad ambitions: Do more. Progress faster. Lead better. But without a clear career plan, it is easy to get caught in urgency, competing priorities, and other people's agendas.A strong start to the year is not about doing everything at once. It's about building a focused, realistic plan that aligns with your goals, values, and current season of life.This post outlines a step-by-step approach to planning your career for 2026 so that you can move with clarity rather than pressure.

Before your inbox fills up again, there are steps you can take now to set the stage for a strong 2026 at work. The end of the year presents a natural time to reflect on what you've done and what you hope to do in the months ahead. Whether it's building AI skills, getting a raise, or leveling up your networking, you likely have plenty of goals to consider as you plan for the year ahead.

Long-term unemployment is at a post-pandemic high, with more than one in four workers without jobs unemployed for at least half a year. Which makes it a nerve-wracking time to be moving through any sort of career upheaval. If you do find yourself unmoored in the current market, whether or not by choice, it could be a good time to recalibrate and get clear on your next steps.

Choose your supervisor(s) very carefully. I've seen way too many students bullied, harassed and kicked out of the programme with their confidence in pieces.

I need help encouraging my son to pursue his education. He has started a bachelor's program at least twice now and has taken a variety of classes, but he has never completed a program. For some time, I let go of my own desires for him and tried to make peace with the idea that maybe school just isn't for him, but the way the job market is looking these days, it's less about my personal wishes and feels a lot more like a necessity.

Now that the Leaving Cert results are out, attention turns to college and career, but what road should you take when the map is being redrawn by AI? The Leaving Cert results are out and college offers are around the corner. Yet for Ireland's class of 2025, a larger question overshadows the scramble for places: will three or four years of lectures and tens of thousands of euro really equip students for a labour market in which artificial intelligence is advancing at breakneck speed?