Career development as an investment strategy; invest in your future.
Career development is not something most people think about. Most people are job-focused and ignore the impact today’s job has on tomorrow’s opportunities.
Why implement a career development strategy?
- Managing your career means you are likely to earn more money over your lifetime.
- As you age, excellent career development can alleviate ageism issues.
- With a career development plan in place, job search becomes easier. It is your hedge against unemployment.
- Your personal brand precedes you and jobs more often come to you.
- Career development planning reduces the risk of layoffs and obsolescence. Continue reading 'Are you building a career or just looking for a job?'»
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Executives: Create your personal brand to self-insure against economic downturn and the job hopping label
Career management for six figure executives is about building and maintaining a personal brand. Take it from Audi and Iron Man. Sales for the very high priced custom-made car jumped 10% after the release of Tony’ Stark’s latest adventure. It’s about product placement. It isn’t about one incident on your resume.
Today, I received a request for information by a reporter doing a piece on job hopping. His premise, all too familiar, is that the current economy = job hopping.
Of course, this contrarian takes exception to that concept because I know many people who were laid off had been in their jobs for more than three years; layoffs and company closings are equal opportunity career killers.
Continue reading 'Overcome the job hopping label: Personal brand to the rescue'»
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