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Underemployed? 4 Ways to Stop Underemployment Underemployment is a real problem for many millennials. In this episode, I cover how to stop being underemployed and overcoming underemployment. I offer an explanation on how this is achieved without being overeducated and overqualified by gaining career clarity to make a career transition at career crossroads. I offer career change advice on how to conduct career exploration, career planning, and career development.   #Underemployment​ #UndSign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Underemployed? The 5 HORRIBLE Risks of Underemployment  Underemployment can be a mistake that ruins your career. In this episode, I explore the risks, effects, and problems of underemployment and offer career advice on why you should take the risks, effects, and problems of underemployment seriously because it can seriously impact your career negatively if you let underemployment persist. #Underemployment​ #Underemployed​ #ThisMistakeRuinsYourCareer​ #CareerAdvice​ #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Underemployed | 6 Reasons it Exists (& Hurt Women More)  Underemployment is a new normal where millennials with higher education work in the labor force while being overeducated and overqualified in part-time or full-time positions. This episode explores why you may be underemployed, and the meaning of underemployment and why underemployment exists, especially for long-term unemployed women or fulltime mothers who are trying to transition back into the workforce from long-term unemployment.   #Underemployment #Underemployed #Overeducation #Overqualified #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Underemployment | 3 Ways You May Be Underemployed & Not Know   Underemployment is a new normal for millennials who finished higher education and work. In this episode, I explore what is underemployment’s meaning and definition and offer an explanation of the different definitions of what being underemployed means. I compare underemployment vs. unemployment and highlight its difference and its implication upon the labor force and why overeducation and being overqualified are common reasons millennials become underemployed.   #Underemployment #Underemployed #Overeducation #Overqualified #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

How to Break the Bamboo Ceiling | 5 Ways that Work for Asians   This episode covers how to crack or smash the bamboo ceiling for Asian American immigrants and their children. The Asian immigrant glass ceiling requires a new Asian American playbook that involves building social capital, cultural capital, soft skills, social skills, and leadership skills to build trust to climb the corporate ladder. This episode reveals the sociology and psychology on how to navigate this process through methods such as finding mentors and sponsors, networking, identifying good workplaces, and differentiating the approaches of calling out vs. calling in.   #BambooCeiling #AsianAmericans #GlassCeiling #AsianImmigrants #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

The Bamboo Ceiling | 2nd Generation Asian American Workplace Challenges   The bamboo ceiling for 2nd generation Asian Americans in the West is a glass ceiling for the children of immigrants who are ethnic minorities from Asia. In this video, I cover the implicit biases and discuss the implicit association test (IAT) and the common stereotypes that Asians face with the bamboo ceiling. By outlining the problem, we can look at ways of breaking the bamboo ceiling by reinventing what Margaret Chin calls the "Asian American playbook" in her book Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don't Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder, to circumvent discrimination by discussing Susan Fiske’s stereotype content model and other sociological research.   #BambooCeiling #GlassCeiling #AsianAmericans #2ndGeneration #SecondGeneration #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Bamboo Ceiling | 4 Problems 1st Generation Asian Immigrants Face at Work   Asian Americans face a bamboo ceiling in the Western workplace. The bamboo ceiling for Asian immigrants in the west is similar to the glass ceiling for ethnic minorities. However, Asian Americans face their unique stereotypes, such as implicit biases that lead to the Asian American glass ceiling. In this episode, I discuss data to support the bamboo ceiling exists, Asian stereotypes, and how this results in what Reza Hasmath calls the ethnic penalty leading to underemployment and overeducation in the West.  #BambooCeiling #GlassCeiling #AsianAmericans #ImplicitBias #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Glass ceiling for immigrants | How to break the glass ceiling  The glass ceiling for immigrants and ethnic minorities is a common obstacle many immigrants encounter in the workplace. However, is this glass ceiling discrimination? In this episode, I explain how immigrants and ethnic minorities can break the glass ceiling in a working culture of diversity where they may face stereotypes. I use sociology to explain reasons for the glass ceiling and ethnic penalty with social and cultural capital for workplace discrimination and workplace stereotypes. My career advice for immigrants is that they need to build soft skills using the big five personality traits to crack the glass ceiling.   #GlassCeiling #Immigrants #EthnicMinorities #Stereotypes #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Implicit Bias and Diversity Training | How Implicit Bias ACTUALLY Works in Neuroscience   Implicit bias, diversity, and inclusion are hot topics in Western society. Often, the implicit association test (IAT) is used as the implicit bias test for implicit bias training. In this episode, I give the definition of implicit bias and discuss the neuroscience, psychology, and sociology of implicit and unconscious bias in the workplace. I break down the types of implicit and unconscious bias and its stereotypes by using Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow. This diversity and bias training/workshop also covered the big five personality traits. This presentation was given at the Canadian Institute of Traffic and Transportation (CITT) in 2020.   #ImplicitBias #UnconsciousBias #Diversity #ImplicitBiasTraining #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Glass ceiling for immigrants | What is the immigrant glass ceiling   The glass ceiling for immigrants and ethnic minorities is a common obstacle many immigrants encounter in the workplace. However, is this glass ceiling discrimination? In this episode, I discuss the problems immigrants and ethnic minorities face after passing immigration and entering a working culture of diversity where they may face stereotypes. I use sociology to explain reasons for the glass ceiling and ethnic penalty with social and cultural capital for workplace discrimination and workplace stereotypes. #GlassCeiling #Immigrants #EthnicMinorities #Stereotypes #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Best Career Advice for Millennials over 25 | Finding Your Career Path   The best career advice for millennials regarding their career development is how to choose a career. For all the 25-year-olds starting from zero who say “I don’t know how to choose a career”, this episode gives advice for 25-year-olds that it is not too late to start over. In fact, it’s never too late. I offer tips for millennials about success in life that I wish someone told me this years ago on how to succeed with self-development starting from zero/nothing.   #BestCareerAdvice #CareerAdvice #Millennials #FindingYourCareerPath #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Best Habits for a Career Boost | Based on Atomic Habits   What are the best habits to give you a career boost? Atomic Habits by James Clear teaches you how to build good habits, how to break habits, and how to stick to habits and some people say it is the best habit and productivity book on the market currently. In this episode, I give career advice on the psychology on which habits to build, how to build good habits, how to stop bad habits, and give a summary of Atomic Habits’ key principles such as the compounding effect for self-development, personal growth, and self-help.   #BestHabits #CareerBoost #AtomicHabits #Productivity #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Difference between Resume and CV (Don’t Mix Them Up!)   There are significant differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV). In this episode, I break down what is a CV and a resume, what to include in a CV and sections of a CV, how a CV is different from a resume, and how to write a CV and a resume accordingly. I discuss different formats for a CV vs resume (e.g. Europass CV) and offer powerful curriculum vitae (CV) and resume tips and advice.   #CV #Resume #CurriculumVitae #CVvsResume #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Soft Skills vs Hard Skills on a Resume | Get That Job!   Soft skills vs hard skills should be written differently on a resume or CV. When reading a job description, it is necessary to interpret the hard skills vs soft skills that you need to include. In this episode, I explain what are soft skills and what are hard skills for a resume/CV, and teach you how to include hard and soft skills for your resume or CV. I provide resume and CV skills examples and teach you how to write the skills part of your resume or CV.   #SoftSkills #HardSkills #Resume #CV #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Job Keyword Search for Soft Skills vs Hard Skills | Hack Job Descriptions   When conducting job keyword search, it’s necessary to understand the keywords for a job application and the job description keywords. You need to decode the difference between soft skills vs hard skills for your resume or CV by accurately reading a job description. In this episode, I differentiate the difference between soft skills and hard skills for work skills and teach you how to read a job description by explaining what are soft skills and hard skills, the definition of soft skills and hard skills, and provide job keyword examples to put in your resume/CV.   #SoftSkills #HardSkills #SoftSkillsVsHardSkills #JobKeyword #JobDescription #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Career transition when unemployed during COVID? (6 reasons to Do it)    A career transition when unemployed during the pandemic COVID19 seems risky. This episode will explain why a career transition for millennials when unemployed is a good idea. I will teach you how to career transition with career transition coaching and also explain why unemployment and underemployment should not stop you at a career crossroads. This video will provide sound career advice for professionals and career tips for millennials on how to conduct career exploration during a career change and how to change careers with career change tips. Whether you’re considering changing jobs or switching careers into a new career, these career advice and career tips will help with you changing careers.   #CareerTransition #CareerCrossroads #Unemployment #Unemployed #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Career Transition for Millennials | Only 5 options (Just pick 1)   Career transition for millennials only has 5 options. In this episode, I offer career transition coaching but explaining how to change careers when you’re lost and how to career transition. In my career transition coaching, I offer career advice for professionals, career tips for millennials on how to navigate a career change with career change tips for changing jobs, switching careers, and launching a new career. I offer career advice and career tips for changing careers, changing jobs, and making a career switch whether it is a functional switch or an industry switch.   #CareerTransition #Millennials #CareerChange #SwitchingCareers #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Career clarity for Millennials | 4 ways to gain clarity in your career   In this episode, I’m going to teach you 4 ways to gain career clarity for millennials to help you go from career confusion to clarity. In this episode, I offer career advice on how to find your passion, what career to choose and offer careers advice and guidance on how to find your passion and make it your job. With these career tips, you can navigate a career transition, career crossroads, or career change if you are saying “I’m confused… I don’t know what to do… I don’t know what I want… I am so stuck in my career, stuck in life, and don’t know what decision to make”   #CareerClarity #Millennials #CareerTransition #CareerCrossroads #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

Intrinsic Motivation Vs Extrinsic Motivation in the Workplace | How to Choose a Career   Intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation is essential to how to choose a career at a career crossroads. According to self-determination theory (featured in Dan Pink’s Drive), intrinsic motivation, or internal motivation, is when a person is intrinsically motivated by competence, autonomy, or relatedness. In comparison, extrinsic motivation, or external motivation, is when people have external motivation such as the carrot and the stick approach. I break down motivation psychology and practical psychology for people to have career clarity during a career transition or career change. I outline these types of motivation by using intrinsic and extrinsic motivation examples with the old man story. #IntrinsicMotivation #ExtrinsicMotivation #HowToChooseACareer #CareerChange #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support

I hate my job | Definitive scientific explanation why you hate your job  “I hate my job” is something heard a lot nowadays. In this episode, I give a scientific explanation for motivation on how to find your passion and how to find your dream job using flow psychology. I dive into the personal development needed for how to find the right career and give career advice on motivation. I answer questions like “should I quit my job”, “what should I do if I hate my job and my life”, “am I in the wrong career”, and “I want to quit my job but I need money” and teach you what to do when you hate your job and how to handle a job you hate when you’ve made the wrong career choice.  #IHateMyJob #FlowPsychology #Motivation #ShouldIQuitMyJob #DrJonTam Sign up for the free training "Stop Feeling Stuck in Your Career: Find Your Dream Career" Take a FREE and accurate career personality test Download PDF on How to find your dream career If you enjoyed the episode, please give us a positive review and let us know what else you want to hear about. Don't forget to subscribe if you enjoyed our content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join my group Career Change Advice on Facebook to receive regular updates and connect with others going through a career change here. Let's connect on social media: Website | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjontam/support