Tips on Career Care and Feeding
If you leave your career on autopilot, you can expect it to crash. Some tips
on keeping your career on the right track:
- No matter what the assignment, do it well. First think of how to do it
efficiently and effectively, then get it done.
- Ask your boss what s/he least likes doing. Then offer to do it.
- Don't just join professional associations. Pick one to get highly
involved in, then roll up your sleeves.
- Treat everyone with respect.
- Don't just pick up new skills. Map out skill acquisition with a
promotion in mind, acquiring and developing skills for the next level up.
- Dress for success. Yes, that's an old adage. But ignoring it harms your
career prospects.
- Get to know people outside your company, and not just in your industry.
Go to events, trade shows, seminars, and conferences. Follow up with e-mails
and phone calls to three people who most impressed you. Think of a lunch or
dinner for follow-up discussion.
- Get a paper or article published. Be a subject matter expert for the
trade and professional publications relevant to your career.
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