Career Movement is one of the key process in every employee professional life. Most of the time it is judged by tenure, experience but is just tenure in a company can decide the career move ? Lets throw some light on what exactly is career move about and why it is critical for an employee to understand it more clearly to have a successful career path and growth in their career.
Most of time we see the career move is only for financial stability , but there are many other critical factors that drives the career shift , here we talk about few important parameters that determine the effectiveness of a career change process :
- Domain Expertise : First and foremost factor is domain knowledge , capability and competency within the Centre of Excellence of a particular domain the employee is in, Tenure can be one of the pillar but having the thorough Subject matter expertise in delivering the tasks and accomplishing them with 100% adherence to a process and compliance is the key driver & foundation for the career move journey ,
- Passion & Innovation : Second important aspect is the passion and interest level of an employee. An employee can be in a role for longer period of time but if he/she doesn't have the passion and fail to innovate to next level then their career progression will get impacted hugely and their growth opportunities get stagnated forever. In current role / position , the employee must create a room for innovation to shape his/her career ladder to next higher roles in the organization. Unless they prove their ability , credibility, reliability then the chances of getting promoted will be very less and this leads to resignation/ termination by impact on the performance
- Market Study is the Key : With the ever evolving external market , it is very much important that employee understand his/her market value and upskill themselves to stay competitive in this every changing technological world. Learning must be a continuous journey , it is not just matter of certifications but how the employee creates path to implement the learnings is the key to stay competitive in the market.
- Be Open to challenges : It is very critical that employee must have the mindset that is open enough to accept challenges which must be treated as a opportunity for growth. Keep Innovating , try testing formula in the process and prove self to enhance the process effectiveness and user experiences (stakeholders, customers). Problem solving ability is one of the most important skill that any employee must possess , this will help companies identify and retain such critical talents by providing a clear career progression with more responsibilities and challenges to prove themselves
- Knowledge sharing : Learning is a continuous journey with two side lane- Sharing knowledge with others , team would give the scope to scale up the knowledge and at the same time gaining knowledge from others will help to grow the thinking ability and build strong eco system of collective learning and growth strategy. Consistency is the key - small or big - topic keep sharing own expertise and learn further about the new skillsets to strongly build up talent directory of self
- Technology Aspirant : In this modern era of technology world, employees must not forget the fact that technology and career are not separate. Learning technology will add more value along with business knowledge, this will help in bringing solutions to critical business challenges by leveraging on disruptive technologies that can ease the process by adding more value to products, process, people and services of any organization as per the vision and mission of the company.
- Build your own Personal Brand : We are lucky to be in the era of 5G and technology world where there are immense opportunities to locate ourselves and establish strong personal brand. For Instance social media platform like Linkedin is the option to showcase skills, knowledge and domain expertise, Industrial insights, Connecting and growing the professional network. Consistency is the key, keep positing valuable content that add more weightage to personal brand power by proving an individual talent on the professional platform.
- Be a Leader , Not follower : Leadership is not just position or role , it is the behavior that everyone possess but many fail to showcase it in right manner. Following the leaders footstep is ok but what is more important is to establish own leadership style that will impact your role and company in positive way for mutual growth. Taking lead is the first and more critical step , failure can happen but never stop moving or leading the process you are incharge , add more value preposition by bringing more leadership perceptions to deliver the tasks with more value and revenue generating engine., Return of investment is not just money but also people in most of the case, so creating a team of talented people is very much value add to a organization
- Experience or Expertise : Myth is that we often think that one who has more experience in a particular field is expert , it can be one dimension but if we analyze it deeper viewpoint then expertise is based on skill, talent, practice and ability to prove which can be done by an employee who posses less experience too, but fact is they fail to get right opportunity to prove themselves and that is leading to thought process that experience is key. Millennials today are more tech savvy and innovative that they can deliver the tasks in much more easier and streamlined way than the senior who follow traditional way of doing it.
- Be Adaptive and Flexible : With the pace of change management in the technology and business world, employees must be flexible and adaptive to accept new challenges which can provide the opportunity to prove their ability and talent more effectively, Never stop the creative thought process, keep innovating by adapting new technology and methods that can help improve business agility model and individual growth to next higher level in career.
Conclusion : #bharathspeaks : Financial aspects are equally important while having a career move but in addition the above key parameters must be kept in mind to have successful career shift to lead peaceful life personally and professionally, Most critical change management is mindset shift from - waiting for opportunities from company to creating a path for your own growth within organization.
