Turning Missed Career Opportunities Around

If you take a look at how you are executing your career advancement plan, you may see that you are...

• Not clear on your vision,?
• Not sure about your goals,?
• Hesitant to ask for what you want and deserve.?
• Waiting for Opportunities.?

Missed Opportunities Turn Into Viable Opportunities When You Put Focused Energy into Reaching Outcomes

In fact, these blocks may be stopping you altogether, but like anything else in your career, you have to "do the work" in order to have choices.?

• Read enough profiles and resumes and they start to blur, so yours needs to stand out.?
• Have conversations without knowing how to navigate to an outcome or being afraid to ask for what you need will result in a friendly call, but not one that makes progress for you.
• Have an interview where you fail to promote your value for the role, by NOT using language that shows your uniqueness or fear bragging.

WIthout transforming how you implement your career strategy you sound like everyone else. Lost referrals, introductions and interviews are costly.

You Can Stand Out:

The ROI can be fast. when you deliver value. Confidence abounds when you become clear on what you're after and take actions to pursue your goals.

Below are the Small, Brave Steps You Can Take:

First, commit to disrupt a strategy that has not worked.

Reaching out to key decision makers to get their attention can be challenging so your approach must create value for them in order to get a response.?

1-TAP INTO YOUR NETWORK AND GET INTRODUCED?

One of the benefits of having a big, strong network is that you increase your chances of getting introduced to powerful people.??Who in your connections can make an?introduction?to the person you want to meet??

2-SEND COMPELLING MESSAGES THAT GET YOU TALKING WITH THE PERSON IN CHARGE.

Know what you can offer before the conversation through research .??

If you are presenting yourself as a leader, then you need to?sound like a leader?in your message.?

3-ESTABLISH YOUR VALUE?

Leaders need good written communication skills in order to attract attention, and then they have to prove their value within a strategic conversation.

4-ASK FOR A BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME IN AN INTRODUCTION

Executives won't commit their time unless you communicate an immediate benefit to them. 10 minutes is a reasonable request to get to the compelling point you're presenting.? Use this worksheet? so you can speak up for yourself and create interest based on your research and the impact you can make.

Our clients succeed in their career strategy...

They invest in themselves and create?new opportunities....??

2Actify offers INDIVIDUAL CAREER STRATEGY PROGRAMS for leaders:?

Individual Career Strategy Programs

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