Career planning – when you plan, be smart!

Education and skills are useless if you don’t have the right plan. You have to follow the career path in such a way as to reach your goal, and not get lost along the way and ruin everything.

When you finish school or college, you start working. The one in line with the learned profession. You get a rank-and-file position first, but you go up the career ladder. And you are getting a promotion, which is tantamount to a raise and more responsibility. This is a picture that is almost perfect for an employee.

Don’t waste your chance

The practice can be very confusing at times. As a result, you have been stuck in the same workplace for several years, and your supervisor does not even want to meet you, because he suspects that the interview would be about a raise. If you had planned your professional start differently or if you had changed your approach, you would have probably been working for a long time in a different company, for much better money. You didn’t plan your career and now you are bearing the consequences.

Half the battle is: Correct CV

Career planning is essential for any employee. You have to strive for the set goal. The problem is that even every third employee does not have specific career plans. Regardless of whether you are the president of a corporation, or you work in the lowest position, on a contract or work contract in a small family company, or you have just graduated from school or university and are looking for a job – plan your professional future. Use the small steps method and you will reach your goal great.

Set yourself tasks to be done

Don’t just think about what your boss expects of you. Specify what you want from yourself and your work. It will be easier for you if you list your strengths on a piece of paper and plan that you will use them in the implementation of the plan. If you are ambitious, educated, outgoing, brave, let others know and see it too. And if you don’t like challenges, are shy, inconsistent, then work on yourself. Otherwise, you’ll stay in the same place and everyone will overtake you.

Get the right course

It’s never too late to learn. For professional development – neither do. Even when you’re 50 plus and reaching the halfway point of your career long ago, you need to progress. – A successful working life requires continuous learning. Whoever stands still, withdraws – says Dariusz Duma, trainer and business consultant, expert of the “Tame the Change” campaign of monsterpolska.pl. – It is worth browsing industry websites, reading the press and other publications, choosing interesting conferences and trainings. You cannot forget about the development of soft skills. This will make you a more desirable employee. It is worth being ambitious, courageous and daring in planning and building your own career, and when success comes, raise the bar. Think what you can do today and act.

Predict the future

You are not meant to become a fairy. You have to be realistic about the future. As the world changes, so does the labor market. Even 5 or 10 years ago, we had the employer’s market and it was he who decided who to employ from among many candidates. Nowadays, we have an employee’s market more and more often: if he has a good job in his hand, supported by knowledge and experience, he must decide which employer to make happy and take advantage of his job offer.

It is worth checking: Current job offers

Don’t focus on the here and now. Be flexible, thanks to this you will adapt to changes, and this is the basis for survival in a dynamic labor market. Search, for example on the Internet, what competences employers are looking for in the staff. If necessary, do an additional course, go to postgraduate studies. Each such step is a step forward.

Show your good side

It doesn’t seem to decorate a man, but when they see you, that’s how they write you. It’s not just about clothes. Show your way of being, vocabulary, self-confidence and present your knowledge. A good image is one of the pillars of professional life. You should come out of the shadows. Then not only the manager will notice you. – If you are an expert in some field, show it! It is worth visiting, meeting people, actively engaging in industry events, conferences and congresses – continues Dariusz Duma. – It is a way to stop being invisible on the labor market. For this purpose, it is also worth using social media and building your professional image there.

Create a balance between career and personal life

A career is not a workaholism, nor is it a rat race. You can work even part-time and at the same time make a stunning career in your field. Work for fun, but also enjoy life after work. Do not spend all weekends in the company, do not check your business mailbox on holidays. Even if you are single, you have your own private life and family and friends. Take time for them, and they will spend it for you. When you achieve your dream promotion, reward not only yourself, but also your loved ones who cheered you on.