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Managing Your Career
By Michael | June 4, 2009
“Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.”
- Homa Bahrami
Dear Leaders,
We all know the economic climate is not where we’d like it to be. Given this, have you taken the time to review the job you currently have and reviewed your career opportunities? Is it where you want to be? And although no job is secure, how do you feel about how sustainable your position is? Have you proven that you add value in your position?
Meade Dickerson, Certified Executive Coach provides the following 12 tips for managing your career:
#1 Position yourself well before challenging times hit. The best time to act is before, not during a downturn. If you’re just starting out or looking for a line of work to get into, consider a recession proof career.
#2 Focus on the job you have. Are you already employed? Then one of the best things to do during tough times is to concentrate on your current job and do your best to shine.
#3 Raise your opportunity cost as high as you are able at your company. Make it tough for your boss to carry on without you.
#4 Keep your eye on your company. Watch your boss. Understand how your company is operating to get a feel for its health. If they start cutting hours at your job, get ready for other changes.
#5 Create a game plan with priorities and contingencies. Have you thought of what you would do in case you get laid off?
#6 Cut costs and control your budget now. Be frugal! Enough said.
#7 Make sure you have an emergency fund that amounts to at least 6 months worth of living expenses.
#8 Understand the consequences of a layoff. Be aware of unemployment benefits in your state; tally up your employee-sponsored accounts and benefits; look to your HR department for next steps.
#9 Know your strengths, skills and talents. Look at more than one type of work that you can do based on those skills.
#10 Consider employment options beyond what’s typical for you. You may be wired to think that you should only be doing one type of job. See if there are possiblyother jobs you can enjoy doing and explore those possibilities.
#11 Tap your support network for advice and job leads. Network!
#12 Widen your options and keep them open. If you think that where you live is not cutting it and that you may not be making progress financially due to a lack of prospects in your neighborhood, then it may be time for you to make a huge change, such as moving to an entirely new place where you may find greener pastures (you’ll need to be careful here, because not all pastures are green elsewhere….).
Additional tips include:
* aways have an updated resume available
* Validate your strengths and weaknesses by soliciting feedback from trusted colleagues
* Obtain a mentor
* Invest in yourself to keep your skills current.
Take the time and make the commitment to secure your future!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Kublin and Jan Mayer-Rodriguez
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“Don’t ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.”
- Denis Waitley
“Trust not what inspires other members of society to choose a career.
Trust what inspires you.
From this decision alone will come over a third of your satisfaction or misery in your life”.
- from The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success
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