{"id":14884,"date":"2022-03-09T18:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=14884"},"modified":"2022-06-15T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:35:53","slug":"no-career-is-linear-step-down-from-the-ladder-and-follow-the-squiggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/03\/no-career-is-linear-step-down-from-the-ladder-and-follow-the-squiggle\/","title":{"rendered":"‘No Career is Linear \u2013 Step down from the Ladder and Follow the Squiggle’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicola Urquhart<\/strong><\/a> is a Lecturer in Careers and Employability at Kent Business School. Here she reflects on the path to successful working life and the adaptability and robustness that will enable success in many fields for students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI came across Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper\u2019s book \u201cThe Squiggly Career\u201d <\/em><\/a>recently. The squiggly career is a concept that Helen and Sarah use to describe working life. In a world that is neither linear nor predictable, no two careers are ever the same. Like a \u2018squiggle\u2019 there are ebbs and flows, ups and downs.<\/p>\n

If your future career is viewed as a squiggle as opposed to the more traditional ladder, you are better placed to develop a mindset that will help you to succeed in a dynamic and ever-changing graduate labour market.<\/p>\n

The mindset we encourage at Kent Business School is based on two major principles: confidence in your abilities and a sense of curiosity, again two things that cannot really be measured in a traditional stagnant way. Here\u2019s how we delve into the detail of each:<\/p>\n