Monday, April 04, 2011

5 Tips to Secure Your Career Future


Whether you want to get ahead in your current career, change careers completely, or you’re worried about job security and want to plan for a more secure future.

Plan ahead

Set out a training and development plan for the next 6 or 12 months. What skills do you want to improve? What do you want to be able to put in your CV by the end of the year.

Set some big goals

You will tend to overestimate what you can do in a single day, and underestimate what you can do in 6 months. Set yourself some big targets to achieve and you will push harder to achieve them.

Don’t put money first

A bigger salary may be attractive but don’t forget that the people you will be working with, the companies values, the management and the role are all also important.

Do more of what you enjoy

Work out what motivates you and try to do more of that. Seek out opportunities to do more of what motivates you in your current job and increase your skills and experience in this areas.

Update and polish your CV

Make sure your CV is up to date and have lots of information available so that you can target your CV to any opportunity that comes up.

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