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What I Learned From Changing Careers 5 Times in 15 Years

Something funny begins to happen in your late 20s/early 30s. You start to ask yourself, “Am I really happy?”

6 min readJul 14, 2020

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What I Learned From Changing Careers 5 Times in 15 Years

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Age of Awareness

How to Combat Microaggressions Such As “What Are You?”

How one particular microaggression has plagued me as a mixed race woman and what I learned about combatting microaggressions in the future.

11 min readAug 11, 2020

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How to Better Hold People Accountable

The next time your expectations aren’t met, use the Accountability Checklist to help you get to the root cause and resolve the issue.

7 min readAug 4, 2023

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How to Better Hold People Accountable

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Jess Wass

How Managers Can Make Time for More Strategic Work

Why does our most important work always get bumped like Matt Damon on Jimmy Kimmel? The Eisenhower Matrix can provide some insight…

5 min readMar 29, 2023

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Jess Wass

I’m a Quitter and You Should Be Too

Being a quitter is often used as a derogatory term, but in reality it should be celebrated for what it is, an important skill we all need…

7 min readJan 23, 2023

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I’m a Quitter and You Should Be Too

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Jess Wass

Please Don’t Refer to Me as “Half” Black

The unintended impact of using fractional terms like”half Black” or “half Jewish” to describe multiracial people…

5 min readNov 1, 2022

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The Truth About Making a Career Change

Switching careers brings specific challenges that are unique as compared to your normal job search process.

9 min readJun 10, 2022

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The Truth About Making a Career Change

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Why You Need to Give Yourself a Break This Year

The biggest productivity secret you are missing out on is to “do less”.

5 min readJan 17, 2022

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Why You Need to Give Yourself a Break This Year

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The Top 5 Productivity Strategies I Use Every Day

From energy management to daily routines, these are the techniques that make me most productive

7 min readNov 4, 2021

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Use This Process to Find the Right Job For Yourself

There are three levels of person-job fit that when explored can help you better identify a job where you can thrive.

5 min readAug 25, 2021

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Use This Process to Find the Right Job For Yourself

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Jess Wass

Jess Wass

Jess Wass is a Career Coach & OD Consultant with a Masters in Org Psych focused on helping people achieve with intention. Check me out at www.jesswass.com.

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