WorkCookie - Get Ahead with Industrial/Organizational Psychology in the Workplace Ep. 286 - Year-End Career Audit
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Dec 8, 2025 Dr. Emi Barresi, an expert in industrial-organizational psychology, and Asif Haider, a technology and decision-science practitioner, dive into the art of conducting a year-end career audit. They explore aligning your career with personal values to avoid burnout and discuss the importance of honest postmortems to refine your future path. Asif also shares insights on utilizing AI for career mentoring, emphasizing the need for ethical AI use while treating it as a reflective tool, not a definitive guide. It's a blend of introspection and innovation!
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Run An A–Z Career Audit
- Use an A-to-Z career audit to systematically review your role across domains like assets, balance, and connections.
- Compare your interests, values, and motivations to your current work rather than chasing titles alone.
Map Your Fit With RIASEC
- John Holland's RIASEC model helps map IO niches to personality and sustain motivation over time.
- IO psychology's many niches make it likely you'll find a role aligned with your investigative, social, or artistic drives.
Stepped In To Help, Lost Career Time
- Nic Krueger shared that he took a job to help a friend and now feels two years behind professionally.
- He values the personal choice despite professional regret and uses that post-mortem to refocus career goals.
