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We are all at different stages in our lives and you may want to take
stock of your present situation because you feel you need to make
a change. Check and analyze your progress to see exactly where you
are now and what may lay ahead.
Checking Your Progress
Everyone can benefit from checking his/her career progress. If
you are dissatisfied, it makes sense to stop and ask yourself why.
Even if everything is going well, it is still a good idea to check
that you are doing enough to maintain this progress. By taking stock
of your current position, you can identify what to do next. Look
at where you have resources to use and where there are gaps to be
filled, perhaps by training, mentoring, or a change of career. Is
there any aspect of your current position that you would like to
change? For example, you may feel that you deserve more financial
reward for your effort, a promotion, or a new challenge.
| Stopping to think - Feeling bored or under-employed
is sign that you need to stop, take stock of your current position,
and identify how to put under-utilized skills to better use.
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Analyzing Your Process
How did you get to this point in your career? To find out, consider
your career in the three ways. Firstly, pay more attention to events
and changes that have occurred. Secondly, study closely the experiences
you have gone through so that you can analyze the causes and effects
of your own behavior and that of others. Thirdly, evaluate the consequences
of particular types of behavior and decisions that you have taken.
These three tools - attention, analysis, and evaluation - can provide
the information you need.
| Evaluating career moves - Get into the habit of logging
events and career changes as soon as possible. Make a start
by analyzing what has happened so far, using your CV to prompt
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Considering Your Career
Top Ten Reasons For Career Repositioning
Here are some factors that have motivated others to start managing
their career. Do any of them relate to you at the moment?
- Facing a crisis.
- Reaching a career crossroads.
- Having to make a crucial decision.
- Recovering from a difficult period.
- Needing longer-term changes.
- Wanting to improve future prospects.
- Looking to match the fortunes of others.
- Ending a period of drift.
- Feeling confused and unclear.
- Wanting to take more control over all areas of life.
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- Know yourself - this is the key to managing your
career successfully.
- Ensure that you understand all the different aspects
of your career.
- Use dissatisfaction to prompt you to plan your
career more actively.
- Analyze the past to help you illuminate the future.
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