Blog | Yana Maeva | Career coaching

Dealing with rejections

“After reviewing your application, we regret to inform you that we have decided not to move forward with your application at this time."...

Job search burnout is real

During the first call with some people, I find out that: → they apply for any jobs, even ones they don’t want; → they struggle to find...

3 steps to a more fulfilling job: does your work match your values?

I remember the first time I did a values exercise with my colleagues and I was struck by how different our values were: cooperation vs...

7 early leadership mistakes I made that you can easily avoid

When I was 22 years old, I got my first managerial position, HRD. Surprisingly, at the time I was very ashamed to tell others what I was...

Stop people pleasing: 3 lessons learned from watering plants

For many years I had been fearing to say "no", especially to innocuous requests. I felt like "sure" was the default response that I...

How to stop holding yourself back from the career you want?

After 10+ years of working with people, I noticed two types of attitudes when it comes to promotion, salary negotiation, recognition:...