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31 - What Does it Mean to Be a Professional?


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'Professionalism' is one of those buzzwords which often gets tossed around by people who want to give you career advice. But what does it mean to be a professional? Rarely does anyone give a precise definition of what it means to act professionally, and when someone does, they generally produce a rigid list of rules which are seldom observed in practice.

In this week's episode of in[Tuition], Laila and Flint critically dissect established dogmas about professional conduct in order to construct a more functional foundation for the concept. In so doing, they tell their own stories regarding the jump from school to the workplace, and reflect on the pitfalls that they encountered.

Check out our accompanying blog post here: 

http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/31989-2/.

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in[Tuition]By UBC Chapman Learning Commons