Why Only YOU Can Master Your Career

The Bad News About Your Career

We all must manage our career - usually more often than we think.

Yet it’s a topic you learned little about in school.

So you are left to your own devices to figure it out. And we get so busy 'working', we rarely take the time to improve...

..."You want to be great at a few things, rather than mediocre at many."

The Good News About Your Career

We have more control over this area than we realize.

This post will get you on track to master it in no time.

Let's cover why and how.

Why You Must Master Your Career

Let's look at this topic and how it could be impacting your life.

You need to Wake Up And Smell The Coffee: Employment Is Over...

..."the most significant change that has occurred in the working world since [1979]... Consultants and contractors have more job security than traditionally-employed people do now, because traditional employment comes with no guarantee of job security whatsoever." - Liz Ryan

So unless you inherited wealth, you need a job that pays. You will get busy climbing the corporate ladder - often for more money or satisfaction.

But you are lucky if you had much help throwing together a resume and preparing for interviews. It is no joke, or act...

"From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other." – Alan Rickman

How to Start and Maintain Your Career

Companies don't give you a job.

You have to prove to a specific hiring manager that you are the best candidate.

Did you know you usually have just six seconds to pull that off?

How to Master Your Career

You need to know your skills and what value you can add to the world, then articulate it well. 

For a different approach, Liz Ryan had great information on finding your "human voice" and reflecting it in your Human-Voiced Resume?. See a bit more, including an example...

"...start with the problem (show the reader why)... what you did... close out the Dragon-Slaying Story by explaining the impact" - Liz Ryan

On a lighter note, hopefully, this is something you love, so your work is play...

 “Do what you love and the money will follow.” – Marsha Sinetar

Conclusions

This post covered one critical area of life that we all need to master. It was not meant as an end-all, be-all. (UPDATE: I have since written many other articles that may help you MASTER your career. See below for more career help...)

I wanted to get you thinking about some areas you might be taking for granted and give you some action ideas! 

Add a comment below and I would love to learn/share more :)

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