How to Plan your Career?

The 3 CAREER Strategies you could use:

I used these strategies & they worked quite well:

1. Personal Brand Building: This can be done in your organization by showcasing your work, volunteering for projects. Sharing your knowledge is the simplest way to start. You can start with your organization & slowly do it outside as well. LinkedIn is a wonderful platform to do it. Once people know you, opportunities will start coming to you organically. Helping people & giving back is a simple way to build your brand. It took me years to realize this.

2. Networking: This can be done internally in your organization through initiatives, projects & meetings/collaboration with more people. Most of the opportunities come through the network. The same principle can be used externally as well, if you are well networked you will start to get opportunities. People should come to you because you are highly networked.

3. Micro Niche: Build your micro-niche, something you are good at & then get better at it. Find that one thing that is your strength. It takes roughly 10,000 hours to develop it. DOTS (Do One Thing Surely) is the simplest way to do it. The earlier you start the better. This can also help you build your brand. I realized this very late.

How to Plan your CAREER?

There are 6 rules I followed:

1. Put Learning over Earning: Most folks look for instant gratification. In the initial part of my career, I focused only on earning, I quickly realized my mistake.

2. Find out where you stand: Are you being paid more than your skills: The easiest way is to go to the market & check. I used to do this frequently, probably my own insecurity but also to find out where I stand. Giving interviews is the easiest way.

3. Take risks: Trying new things, is also a learning experience. I was not clear about what I wanted to do; hence I tried my hand at many things till I found it. These included changing industries, roles, & quitting my job:)

4. Networking to Give: Building networks by giving freely. Connecting people together so they can be benefitted. Helping several people find jobs, opportunities.

5. Take Initiatives: Picking initiatives, projects, volunteering, helping both the organization & my colleagues. I remember my first unpaid external consulting project helped 150 people in an organization.

6. Forever Upskill: Pursuing both formal & informal learning throughout my career. This was through certifications, training, education, programs.

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