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View all search resultsBuilding capacity in female academics as well as curbing the neoliberal orientation of how academic achievements are measured can help tackle the gender-based inequality that continues to persist in higher education, not only in Indonesia but also around the world.
The debate about unpaid internships intensifies every fall as fresh graduates seek career inroads. Recent posts on social media show many young Indonesians complaining about doing full-time work without compensation – an outcome equally unpopular with the interns themselves as with their paid coworkers.
Striking a balance between pursuing a passion and considering the economic realities requires career planning and counseling that is integrated into the education system, especially in today's tech-centric jobs market.
The US started marking Oct. 11 as National Coming Out Day in 1988, and this designation gives us pause on how LGBT discrimination in Indonesia is contributing to our brain drain and its ensuing impacts on the country's future.
The word “path” is often taken as a metaphor that career development is a straight and narrow track that ends in a predetermined destination. It is as if in order to have a successful career, there is a fixed recipe with exact measures of ingredients to follow and thus great results are guaranteed.
When we talk about career, we typically sweat the “big” things: Career path, compensation and benefits and many others on our wish list. The “small” things are usually put on the back burner. But do we not all agree that small habits are the foundation of big things in life, including our career?
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