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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper: The best career path isn't always a straight line


Unscramble the Blue Letters


SE: In sgulgqiy careers, we need to change our ppstriveece on progression. The problem with career ladders is that they only go in one direction, and you can only take one step at a time. If prsiesrogon purely means promotion, we miss out on so many of the opportunities that are all around us. We need to stop asking only, "What job comes next?" and start asking, "What career possibilities am I curious about?"

HT: eonlirpxg our career possibilities increases our resilience. It gives us more ointops, and you create more connections. We see how we can use our strengths in new ways and spot the skills that might be useful for our future. We can all sartt exploring our career possibilities. It might be an ambitious possibility that you don't feel ready for yet. Or perhaps it's a pivot that feels interesting, but just that bit out of recah. Or maybe it's a dream that you've dnceostiud. The most important thing is that you give yourself the permission to explore.

Open Cloze


SE: In ________ careers, we need to change our ___________ on progression. The problem with career ladders is that they only go in one direction, and you can only take one step at a time. If ___________ purely means promotion, we miss out on so many of the opportunities that are all around us. We need to stop asking only, "What job comes next?" and start asking, "What career possibilities am I curious about?"

HT: _________ our career possibilities increases our resilience. It gives us more _______, and you create more connections. We see how we can use our strengths in new ways and spot the skills that might be useful for our future. We can all _____ exploring our career possibilities. It might be an ambitious possibility that you don't feel ready for yet. Or perhaps it's a pivot that feels interesting, but just that bit out of _____. Or maybe it's a dream that you've __________. The most important thing is that you give yourself the permission to explore.

Solution


  1. progression
  2. options
  3. discounted
  4. squiggly
  5. exploring
  6. reach
  7. perspective
  8. start

Original Text


SE: In squiggly careers, we need to change our perspective on progression. The problem with career ladders is that they only go in one direction, and you can only take one step at a time. If progression purely means promotion, we miss out on so many of the opportunities that are all around us. We need to stop asking only, "What job comes next?" and start asking, "What career possibilities am I curious about?"

HT: Exploring our career possibilities increases our resilience. It gives us more options, and you create more connections. We see how we can use our strengths in new ways and spot the skills that might be useful for our future. We can all start exploring our career possibilities. It might be an ambitious possibility that you don't feel ready for yet. Or perhaps it's a pivot that feels interesting, but just that bit out of reach. Or maybe it's a dream that you've discounted. The most important thing is that you give yourself the permission to explore.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
career possibilities 4
squiggly careers 2
career ladders 2



Important Words


  1. ambitious
  2. bit
  3. career
  4. careers
  5. change
  6. connections
  7. create
  8. curious
  9. direction
  10. discounted
  11. dream
  12. explore
  13. exploring
  14. feel
  15. feels
  16. future
  17. give
  18. important
  19. increases
  20. interesting
  21. job
  22. ladders
  23. means
  24. opportunities
  25. options
  26. permission
  27. perspective
  28. pivot
  29. possibilities
  30. possibility
  31. problem
  32. progression
  33. promotion
  34. purely
  35. reach
  36. ready
  37. resilience
  38. skills
  39. spot
  40. squiggly
  41. start
  42. step
  43. stop
  44. strengths
  45. time
  46. ways