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2. spend time planning how you could come up with an
outstanding resume and get ready for an interview.
Do you sometimes
wonder why some
people succeed even
in the most difficult
circumstances in
their lives while
other just don’t
seem to know what
hit them and how to run their lives? Well, the one
thing that all successful people would tell you is that
success isn’t something you can just hope for and
wait for; it is something you would hard for and
cultivate.
Be Appreciative and Grateful All the Time
It is very easy to get trapped in the negative things
happening around us. What’s difficult is to be grateful
for even the challenges that come our way. This is
what successful people know well how to do. Always
try to find something good in everything that’s
happening to you, even when it means you should
consider a career change. Turn failures into
opportunities to grow and get better as a person and
a professional. We all have to work for our dreams,
anyway, so we might as well let the bad things
nurture our spirits to be the best that we can be.
Whether you are just starting in your new job, a
business of your own, or even in your relationship,
use these tips to help you move towards the right
career pathways until you reach success.
Look After Yourself
As you walk on the plane, you will hear one of the
most basic instructions, which is to put on your mask
first before you help others in case there is loss of
pressure in the cabin. This simply means that before
you even think of being significant in other people’s
lives, you have to be that to yourself first. Of course, it
is totally fine to take others into consideration, but it
should not be at the expense of yourself. Even if it’s
just for 10 minutes every morning, take the time to
put on make-up, do some exercise, or just read the
paper while having coffee. These are the small things
you can do to make yourself feel good.
Have an Idea and Act on It
As they say, if you want to be successful, you have to
wish for it, dream about it, and want it. But it doesn’t
end there. More importantly, you have to do
something to achieve it. Otherwise, you will find
yourself just sitting there with all your plans and
dreams still and just on your mind. You can always
wish to land the perfect job, but you would need to
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As a worker
yourself, you
should not think it
is too much to ask
to have a job that
does not involve
just a series of
repeated tasks and
mundane activities. Of course, you would want your
job to be a fulfilling and well-paying one. On the part
of employers, one way of helping workers achieve
this goal is to proactively develop career pathways.
Through this, the organization becomes a place
where employees are happy, the improvement of the
workers’ skills continues, and productivity is
constantly going up.
Why Are Career Pathways Important?
Basically, the logic behind the development of career
pathways is for the employer’s improvement as a
whole. Generally speaking, career pathways help
boost professional development. This is through a
program in which employees become the subject of
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3. various career plans. What it does among anything
else is increase the skill sets of the employees, which
then results to an increase in their confidence as well.
And for those employees who feel that they have
become better in terms of their professional or
technical skills, it becomes easier to stick together.
This is what happens especially when there is
significant improvement throughout an employee’s
progression in his or her career. This can also lead to
reduced employee turnover rates and costs of
training new employees. Lastly, a company’s career
pathway program for employees tends to be very
attractive to newly hired staff members because they
can somehow see what’s in store for them in a
company.
How Are Career Pathways Structured?
If a career path program is structured correctly, it
will allow employees to implement everything they
have learned into their actual work. Aside from this,
such a program lets employees gain better function in
the organization and get a bigger chance at
promotion.
Career pathways are designed in such a way that
progression is measurable for each stage. This is
important as it improves the success rates of
employees and it also lessens the pressure on them
to be progressive in a short period of time. In case the
program fails, it is the decision of the employer
whether there must be additional mentoring to
guarantee returned improvement, or the employee
should just be offered a different role. Every step in a
career path must be well calculated to ensure
success. Otherwise, the company is the one to suffer
the cost without getting anything in return.
Promotion at Work
Many companies are still implementing formalized
promotion paths. In this structure, those candidates
who are able to meet the requirements and
expectations in the first level automatically are
considered for promotion to a higher level that comes
with bigger employee benefits.
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Professional Career Pathways
In comparison to the corporate ladder, a professional
career pathway requires candidates to have some
sort of licensing or educational criteria to obtain. In
many cases, the objective requirements involve more
complicated and difficult skills certifications. What
this means is that there could be a required third
party licensing or concrete proof or evidence of any
specialized degree.
Long term career
planning is
essential if you
want to
consistently make
good decisions
about your job and
your professional life as a whole throughout your
career. If you are certain about the path you want
your career to take, then an effective and well
thought-out career plan is what will help you identify
the steps you should take to get you there. Also,
having concrete career pathways will let you come up
with a timetable for reaching your career goals.
Strategic Planning
With the help of a career coach or mentor, you can
easily create a career plan in which you must take
advantage of your credentials, educational
background, aspirations and skills to determine the
appropriate course of action leading to your success.
Strategic career planning will require you to assess
your current location, the kind of education and
training that you will need, your potential financial
future, and the many other aspects of your life. As a
matter of fact, you will even have to consider your
family plans in relation to your career goals.
Measuring Your Career Goals
Once you have set your long-term career plan, you
should then start to set measureable goals for your
career and yourself. For instance, if you now have the
managerial position in your company and you are
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4. aspiring to go up to become the vice president, this
should be the core of your plan. As you set your
career goal, you will realize that perhaps you need to
earn an MBA to do this, or you should just wait until
you earn more years of service in the company. Such
information will guide you in planning realistic and
measurable actions.
Higher Level of Education
In many cases, career paths involve continuing
education and training. A career coach will help you
determine if in your career plan you need to prepare
to acquire more training and education. Through this,
you may start working on your finances and other
aspects to make it easier for you to achieve personal
and professional development.
The last thing you would want to happen to you is to
apply for your dream job feeling confident that
you’ve got what it takes to land the job, but only to
learn that such a position requires a higher degree of
education which could take years for you to
complete. An effective career plan is one that
prepares you in advance for whatever obstacles there
may be in your pursuit of a great career.
Financial Stability
Your financial situation plays a huge role in how you
will be able to find a career that suits you. You need
to be financially secured and stable, which is what
long-term career planning will help you attain. By
following your career plan, you will have a clear
understanding of your own potential to make money
for the entire course of your career. This way, you
will be smarter and more able to make good
decisions regarding the financial aspects of the career
you wish to pursue.
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