#601 How to use profilers for your career development

So at least we haven't put our own one first.

And here's why I think they are helpful.

I think they do give you some quick clues that increase your self-awareness.

I think they can be particularly helpful actually if you're feeling stuck.

And even someone on our team, I heard that word last week.

And, you know, we do hear that word quite a lot with careers.

Like, I was just walking your dog during our lunch break.

Who is currently in

the podcast studio, I should say, in case you hear anything for reasons that we can talk about on another day.

Yeah.

And what was interesting is your dog is very young and cute, so it attracted a lot of conversation, which I was like, oh, God, I'm having to have all these conversations now.

And even one of the – I met this lady who was talking about works in design, and she was like, oh, what podcast do you – and I said it was Squiggly Careers.

She's like, oh, I feel a bit stuck at the moment.

And I was like, oh – It's just, it's a really kind of common response, right, to kind of where people feel that they are.

So I think it can just help, it can be helpful to give you that perspective.

It can be the catalyst, I think, for starting to get unstuck.

And I do wonder whether...

As long as you aren't anchored to only one, they can be helpful things to keep coming back to as you squiggle.

So, you know, when you're trying to make choices, you're developing different directions, you're trying to figure out what's right for me right now.

Having some data, essentially data for your development, right? Having some data for your development, I think can be useful for understanding yourself and understanding other people too.

I am particularly interested in profilers that lead to action.

Because I think one of my big critiques of profilers generally, and the thing I keep thinking about with ours a lot, is I think they're so often just one and done.

And actually in that one moment, like we've done ones as a team that are not ours, where I've been like... that is helpful.

I did find that helpful.

I feel like I know our team better.