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Avoid dependency syndrome to get ahead in your career

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Many New Year resolutions will be made, with career goals topping the list. Sadly, very few people see themselves taking the lead in their job-search or in career advancement. Majority will push the responsibility on to the government, employers, friends, parents and other relatives.

Dependency syndrome has to do with personality traits which are defined as the enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to and thinking about one’s environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts.

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