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It’s National Careers Week and if your mind is moving towards your job choices

To help debunk and demystify some of the cliches surrounding the hashtags you may come across about work, employability advisor and TikTok careers coach Ami Hewitt has shared some of her expert advice with BBC Bitesize. Let me ask you a question. Who do you picture when you think of someone that has been successful in their career? Perhaps it's someone well-known, surrounded by the latest in luxury and living their best life. Or you may have seen people use hashtags such as #FakeItUntilYouMakeIt, #GirlBoss or the phrase 'Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never work a day in your life’. What do they really mean, and do these messages actually apply in the real world? A bit like selfie filters on social media apps, phrases and hashtags like this can give an unrealistic view of the world of work, so let's take a detailed look at some of them. #Girlboss Social media could lead you to believe that to be a successful career woman, you should own your own company, have the latest designer clothes and the newest phone - but this simply isn’t true. For a start, you don't need to be a boss to excel in your chosen career.