Building
a Career
Today, and more than ever, most
people are responsible for building their own careers.
Whether you are just starting, or
you have several years of experience, these paragraphs might help you advance
your career.
The 9 most important career planning
tips is listed below:
1.
Never Stop Learning
Life-long learning is your keyword.
The world is constantly changing,
and everybody is looking for new ways of doing business.
If you have decided that your
current skills are good enough, you have also decided that your current job is
good enough.
But if you want a career in the
future, you should add regular updates to your skills and knowledge.
2.
Ask, Listen And Learn
A good listener can learn a lot.
Listen to your co-workers, your
boss, and your superiors. You can learn a lot from their experience.
Ask about issues that interest you,
and listen to what they say. Let them tell you about how things work, and what
you could have done better.
Most people will love to be your
free tutor.
3.
Fulfill Your Current Job
Your current job might be best place
to start your career.
It is often very little that
separates successful people from the average. But nothing comes free.
If you do your job well and fulfill
your responsibilities, this is often the best way to start a new career.
Talk to your supervisor about things
you can do. Suggest improvements. Offer your help when help is needed. In
return ask for help to build a better career. It is often possible - right
inside your own organization - especially if you have proved to be a valued
employee.
4.
Build Your Network
Your next career step might arise
from your contact network.
Did you know that more than 50% of
all jobs are obtained from contact networks?
If you have a good contact network,
it is also a good place to discover future careers, to explore new
trends, and to learn about new opportunities.
Spend some time building new
contacts, and don't forget to maintain the ones you already have.
One of the best ways to get serious
information from your network is to regularly ask your contacts how they are,
what they do, and what is new about their careers.
5.
Identify Your Current Job
Your current job should be
identified, not assumed.
Make sure you don't work with tasks
you assume are important. This is waste of time and talent.
When you start in a new job, talk to
your superior about your priorities. If you're not sure about what is most
important, then ask him. And ask him again. Often you will be surprised about
the differences between what you assume, and what is really important.
6.
Identify Your Next Job
Your dream job must be identified.
Before you start planning your
future career, be sure you have identified your dream job.
In your dream job, you will be doing
all the things you enjoy, and none of the things you don't enjoy. What kind of
job would that be?
Do you like or dislike having
responsibility for other employees. Do you like to work with technology or with
people? Do you want to run your own business? Do you want to be an artist, a
designer or a skilled engineer? A manager?
Before building your future career
your goal must be identified.
7.
Prepare Yourself
Your dream might show up tomorrow.
Be prepared.
Don't wait a second. Update your CV
now, and continue to update it regularly.
Tomorrow your dream job may show up
right before your nose. Prepare for it with a professional CV and be ready to
describe yourself as a valuable object to anyone that will try to recruit you.
If you don't know how to write a CV,
or how to describe yourself, start learning it now.
8.
Pick The Right Tools
Pick the tools you can handle.
You can build your future career
using a lot of different tools. Studying at W3Schools is easy. Taking a full
master degree is more complicated.
You can add a lot to your career by
studying books and tutorials (like the one you find at W3Schools). Doing short
time courses with certification tests might add valuable weight to your CV. And
don't forget: Your current job is often the most valuable source of building
new skills.
Don't pick a tool that is too heavy
for you to handle!
9.
Realize Your Dreams
Put your dreams into action.
Don't let a busy job kill your
dreams. If you have higher goals, put them into action now.
If you have plans about taking more
education, getting a better job, starting your own company or something else,
you should not use your daily job as a "waiting station". Your daily
job will get more and more busy, you will be caught up in the rat race, and you
will burn up your energy.
If you have this energy, you should
use it now, to realize your dreams.
Resource: w3schools
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