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Planning for progression Start your plan by understanding the traditional and alternative pathways and progression routes. Remember: Promotions are a way for the firm/company to manage numbers and salaries. Therefore there will quite often be … Continue reading Planning for Progression: Pathways and Progression Routes
You are not limited to one journal. Why not start a new (or separate) for intense periods of journalling. For example, you might choose to use a separate journal for: job hunting / interview preparation; … Continue reading Use a separate journal for intense journalling
Sometimes you just need to get noticed…. This can be hard, particularly in a large team of talent. Be great great what you do – this one goes without saying – if you are good … Continue reading How to get noticed…
If you are keeping a Career Journal or a Career Development Goals Notebook these are great resources to help you prepare for that next Catch-up Meeting or 1:1 with your boss/supervisor. Review your Goals When … Continue reading How to: Prepare for a Career Development Catch Up Meeting
SHare your Success It is easy to forget to share your successes in the workplace. You might assume that everyone already knows. You might not want to come access as boastful or arrogant. However, people … Continue reading Share your Successes
When did it become cool to be busy? It’s not. It is important to have a work-life balance that works for you, to take breaks and actually enjoy living as well as working. To do … Continue reading Prompt: How am I going to “Work Smarter” this year?
Are you good at blowing your own trumpet? Are you getting the recognition you deserve? Are you highlighting your achievements? Does your boss know what you do? Do they really know what you do? Far … Continue reading Prompt: What achievements do I need to tell my boss about?
Prompt: My job is what I make it into. How am I going to do that this year? Last week you wrote about your ideal job description and more specifically what you want to do … Continue reading Your job is what you make it – so how are you going to do it?
Prompt: What is my ideal job description? If you were with us last year you may have already done a version of this prompt. However, it is one of those that I find worth revisiting … Continue reading Prompt: What is your Ideal Job Description?
Last week you thought about your Key Motivators for your Job and Career. Now it is time to craft your overall Career Vision Statement (and any secondary goals) ready for next year. Spend some time … Continue reading Prompt: Write your Career Vision Statement