Wisepath Career Education & Counselling

25/10/2026

Hot topic this past week - Who's definition of success are YOU chasing? Think about it...

For generations, we've been encouraged to measure career success through pay, prestige, and progression.

Study hard. Get a good job. Work your way up. Earn more money. Keep climbing.

But lately, the narrative has shifted.

Now we're celebrating people who leave corporate careers, work remotely, start businesses, prioritise flexibility, and escape the 9–5.

And I think that's a good thing! The more stories we hear, the more possibilities we can imagine for ourselves.

But I also wonder whether we've simply replaced one set of expectations with another.... think about it. Where have your perceptions of "success" come from?

Because there's nothing wrong with wanting to climb the corporate ladder.

Just as there's nothing wrong with wanting a relatively uncomplicated job that pays the bills and leaves you with enough time and energy to enjoy your life outside of work.

One isn't inherently better than the other.

The problem isn't how other people define success.

It's when we start adopting their definitions without questioning whether they actually fit our own lives.

Our career decisions are influenced by so much more than the work itself. Financial security, relationships, health, family, personal values, and the chapter of life we're in all play a part.

And what success looks like today might be completely different in five or ten years.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT WHAT "EVERYBODY" WANTS.

You just need to understand what matters to you.

💛 Success is individually defined.

24/10/2026

What does career success look like to you?

A bigger salary? A promotion? A prestigious job title? Flexibility? More time with your family? Or simply having a job that pays the bills and allows you to enjoy your life outside of work?

Here's something I've been thinking about lately...

We've spent generations celebrating traditional measures of career success: pay, prestige, and progression.

But now, with the rise of social media and alternative ways of working, I wonder whether we've simply replaced one definition of success with another.

Where we once celebrated climbing the corporate ladder, we're now celebrating escaping it.

But what if neither is right for you?

After more than a decade working in career development, one thing I've come to appreciate is that success is individually defined.

And sometimes, the most important career question isn't "What's next?"

It's "What actually matters to me?"

I've explored this a little further in my latest Wisepath blog.

Success Is Individually Defined. So Why Are We Still Measuring It the Same Way?

Read it here 👇
https://www.wisepath.au/blog/success-is-individually-defined-so-why-are-we-still-measuring-it-the-same-way

20/10/2026

YES. YES. YES. 👏

This aligns so closely with how I approach career development, both personally and in my work at Wisepath.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a ‘dream job’.

At Wisepath, we look at career decisions through the intersection of Work, Wealth, and Wellbeing. Because work doesn’t exist in isolation from the rest of our lives.

Work is what we do, wealth is what it affords us (including financial security, stability, and choice), and wellbeing is about how it all fits together to support the life we actually want to live.

And that looks different for everyone.

Some people want to climb the ladder, lead teams, and pursue ambitious professional goals. Others want to do a job they’re good at, earn enough money, finish at a reasonable hour, and enjoy their life outside work.

Neither is more successful than the other.

But there’s something I’d add to this conversation.

Just because work doesn’t need to be your passion doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore ways to make it better for you.

That might mean understanding your strengths and finding opportunities to use them. It might mean questioning why you ended up in a particular occupation in the first place, or recognising that the career you chose at 18 might not be the one that serves you at 35, 45, or 55.

It might mean exploring different working conditions, more flexibility, better pay, or simply a different environment.

And importantly, I think we need to develop a sense of career agility. Because as much as we’d like certainty, work is constantly changing, and so are we.

There’s also a danger in tying too much of our identity to our occupation. When your job becomes who you are, rather than something you do, what happens when that job changes, disappears, or no longer fits your life?

A change in your employment circumstances shouldn’t have to become a question of your worth as a person.

Some people want careers. Some people want jobs. Some people want different things at different stages of their lives.

The goal isn’t necessarily to find work you love. It’s to understand what you need from work, what you’re willing to give to it, and how it supports the life you want to live.

And I think that’s a much more useful conversation to be having about career success.

Great post by Lee Harding, The Introverted Recruiter. 👏 Theintrovertedrecruiter

13/10/2026

✨ Is your resume working for you?

Applying for jobs but not getting interviews? Or maybe you’ve been putting off updating your resume because you’re not sure where to start?

I’ve opened up a few appointments at Wisepath this week for resume preparation.

For $275, I’ll work with you to create a resume that reflects your experience, highlights your strengths, and positions you for the opportunities you’re looking for.

No generic templates or AI-generated fluff. Just a personalised resume that tells your professional story and showcases what you bring to the table.

📩 Ready to give your resume a refresh? Send me a message to secure one of this week’s service bookings.

Looking forward to it! 🤩

09/10/2026

This one is for my fellow Career Counsellors/Advisors, Career Development Practitioners, and Resume Writers here in Queensland (especially Townsville!).

Come and hang out at the CDAA Good Theory Good Practice session, with an in person event happening here in TOWNSVILLE! It's next weekend, with a strong line up of speakers (check it out below!).

Very affordable for CDAA members and non-members alike!

There is also a group in Brisbane too who we will be linked up with via video.

https://cdaa.org.au/Web/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=QLDEF26&WebsiteKey=fef7d4f0-ee46-405b-bab8-48d5f6d269b

Four expert presenters and a panel discussion, with morning tea and lunch for in-person networking. This event is open to all Queensland CDAA members, interstate members are welcome to drop by and say hello, and non-members are welcome to attend too. For anyone who can't make it to either venue, the...

06/10/2026

❤️‍🔥 Availability this week ❤️‍🔥
I’ve finished a couple of projects earlier than expected, which means I’ve got some unexpected availability this week!

So, if you’ve been putting off that application, staring at your resume wondering where to start, or thinking I really need to figure out what I’m doing next… this might be your sign.

I’ve got space for:

📄 Job applications – resumes, cover letters, selection criteria and application responses
🧭 Career coaching & planning – whether you’re stuck, changing direction, or figuring out what comes next
🎤 Interview coaching – practical preparation and practice before the big day
💻 LinkedIn profile content – building or refreshing your profile so it actually sounds like you

No cookie-cutter templates or telling you what career you should have.

Just practical, individual support to help you work out where you’re going — and put your best foot forward when you get there.

If there’s something you’ve been meaning to get sorted, send me a message. I’ve got room this week. 🌿

01/10/2026

INTERVIEW COMING UP? 👀

You don’t need to memorise the “perfect” answers.

You need to understand what the employer is looking for, know which examples from your experience demonstrate it, and be able to talk about them with confidence.

That’s what we work on in an Interview Coaching Session.

Before your interview, we can work through:

✨ What the employer is actually assessing
✨ Likely interview questions based on the role
✨ How to structure behavioural answers using STAR
✨ Choosing strong examples from your own experience
✨ Those awkward questions you’re not quite sure how to answer
✨ How to talk about career gaps, career changes, limited experience, or other tricky areas
✨ Questions you can ask the panel
✨ Strategies for managing nerves and getting your point across clearly

Because knowing what you want to say and being able to say it when three people are staring at you across an interview table are two very different things. 😅

My approach isn’t about giving you a script to memorise.

It’s about helping you understand your own value, organise your examples, and walk into the interview knowing:

“I know what I bring to this role, and I know how to explain it.”

Interview coaching is available through Wisepath for private sector, government, career change, graduate/early career, and experienced applicants.

Send me a message if you have an interview coming up and want some help preparing. 💬

[email protected]

29/09/2026

✨ Welcome to the messy middle. ✨

You know you want something to change with your career.... you just have absolutely no idea what that something is. 😅

Maybe your job is fine… but you can’t imagine doing it for another 10 years.

Maybe you keep looking at completely random jobs thinking, ooooh, I could do that.

Maybe you’ve researched 14 different courses, saved six SEEK searches, considered starting a business, going back to uni, AND moving to a farm.

And now you’re somehow even more confused than when you started. 😂

I said these words to my client today,
"Welcome to the messy middle!"

It’s that weird space between:

“I don't know if this is right for me anymore…”

and

“…but I have no idea what is.”

And there’s a LOT happening here - that's why it feels exhausting!

You’re figuring out what you don’t want anymore.

You’re noticing what interests you.

You’re working out what actually fits your life now... not the life you had 5 or 10 years ago.

You’re trying things on for size.

Some ideas will stick. Some absolutely won’t. 🤷‍♀️

That’s okay.

Career clarity doesn’t always arrive as one big 💡 moment.

Sometimes it looks like exploring, changing your mind, following a random curiosity, ruling something out, and slowly getting closer to something that feels right.

So if you’re currently in the messy middle…

You’re not necessarily stuck.

You might just be figuring it out. 💛

Sometimes, the biggest help in this phase is a professional soundboard. That's where a qualified Career Counsellor comes in.

Visit my website for more information, or send me a message. Links are in my bio.

28/09/2026

I recently shared some “sh*t career advice” I’d happily never hear again: follow your passion, find your dream job, pick something and stick with it… 👀

But most of this advice isn’t actually bad. It’s just missing something pretty important:

Context.

What worked beautifully for someone else might be completely wrong for you.

So I took the conversation a little further - looking at what sits underneath these career clichés, why we put so much pressure on ourselves to follow them, and how we can turn them into much more useful questions.

Because maybe the goal isn’t to follow the “right” career advice.

Maybe it’s getting curious about what matters to you, what fits your life, and what makes sense next.

🌱 Read the full blog ↓
https://www.wisepath.au/blog/career-advice-i-would-happily-never-hear-again-a-riff-on-bad-advice-from-well-intentioned-folks