Managing your career more effectively
- 6 Tips for Fulfilling your Dreams
When was the last time you "took stock", and looked at how your career was panning out.
Is it all you were expecting?
Here's 6 simple tips on managing your career more effectively:
1. Read other People's Profiles
Look for winners and read how they tackled the steps in their careers. Newspapers and journals are forever publishing articles, and there are books -biographies, autobiographies, even obituaries.
Instead of merely skimming them out of interest, digest and think how you might apply some of the lessons learnt.
2. Understand the Marketplace
When you understand the competition, you will better appreciate the issues involved in senior roles. Are they the challenges you would relish?
3. Collect details of "Dream Jobs"
Never mind whether you are ready for them - they can help in your goals, allow you to work out what skills you need to develop, what qualifications you may need (and the greatest qualification is still experience).
4. Share your Aspirations
If you know someone in a role you want to aim for, ask him to be your "mentor" to guide you on the way.
If you don't know, follow up one of these newspaper articles in Item 1 above, and simply approach him or her - you are interested in what they have to say, so more often than not they will be willing to help.
5. Work on your References
This is a grey area, but the further your career goes, the more likely you are to want your colleagues to sing your praises - the marketplace is one big grapevine - you want to make sure that if your name crops up, it is with favorable noises. Dare I say, networking is a key component here.
6. Practice Presentation
All, but all, senior jobs involve presenting, whether it is to a group of colleagues, staff, industry events or whatever. You may be the public face of the organization.
Take advantage of any opportunities for public speaking - and use them to understand your style and strengths and weaknesses. Work on creating rapport with your audiences.
The more senior the post, the more likely that selectors will want proof of presence and presentation skills
These skills are groundwork to improving your chances of your career being what you want, and not a frustrating mediocre trek through life.
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