Post on 16-Apr-2017
THREE STEP CAREER PLANHere is a simple three step career plan:
1. Find your passion.
2. Get really good at it, the best you can possibly be.
3. Get known for it. Ensure as many people as possible know about you and what you can do for them.
Now, let’s unbundle this as an action plan of 52 tips.
Get in the driver’s seat1
Visualise Your Dream Job2
Plan your escape
4
upS W
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Conduct a personal SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses,Opportunities and Threats)
A
perfectmatch
Ask for Feedback9
Surround yourself with inspirational people10
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
- Jim Rohn
Investin
You’ve got personality 12
Don’tshow me the moneyMake a life, not just a living.
Passion 14
- it’s not just a fruit
How green is your grass?15
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the onlywayUpisnot
Be flexible -GET A GIG18
More strings to your bow
Stopsabotaging
Stretch yourself21
“Opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized” - Sheryl Sandberg
(COO Facebook)
Less is More-Be Strategic
Find a Mentor ...Don’t go it alone
Brand Yourself
Be
searchable25
26
Trash your digital dirt 27
Write a KnockoutLinkedIn
28Profile
Make sure your elevator speech is taking you up not down 29
Ego is not a
dirty word!
“I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent”
Ashleigh Brilliant
30
Become visible and known31
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Be a Mentor 33
Stand out with a 21st Century Resume 34
Mind the
gap35
Pass the screen test 36
homework... RESEARCH!
Do your 37
Use the STAR technique
to shine38
Prepare great answers to tough interview questions.
PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE
39
Harness your nervous energy40
Ace the Interview41
evidenceBoast with 42
“Do you have any questions for us?”
Interviewinterviewer
43the
Brief your
referees 44
Decisions, decisions… 45
Thanks, but no thanks46
“Setbacks are merely opportunities to show the universe what you’re made of”
Bounceback 47
- Margie Warrell
Don’t despair if you’ve
lost your job
48
Congratulations!49
Find space for YOU 50
thebeginningImpressfrom
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Do an annual career check-up52