Take Control of Your Career

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Take Control of Your Career

• New Years Resolutions
• for Job Seekers

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1. Explore career options

• Does your current position utilize your
  professional abilities and talents?
• Are you doing something that you are passionate
  about?

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2. Brush up on your job skills

• How do you stand out from the other employees
  professionally?
• Brushing up on your professional development is a
  mouse click away
• Shameless plug for NCMA Educational Products!!!

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3. Meet with your boss

• Are you guessing at your strengths and
  weaknesses?
• Meet with your supervisor and get their opinion
• Meet regularly to reevaluate goals and set and
  re-set priorities

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4. Set REALISTIC career goals

• Identify what you want to accomplish
• Make sure the goal is specific and attainable

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5. Establish a plan of action

• CEO overnight isnt for everyone
• Being CEO also isnt for everyone
• What challenges can you work on this month? What
  can you accomplish in 6 months? What will take a
  year or more?
• Keep your deadlines realistic

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6. Organize

• Do you have the contracting pack rat gene?
• Can you purge or at least move items further away
  from your current stack?
• Practice better time management skills
• To-do lists do work

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7. Boost your work relationships

• Keep a positive attitude when working with others
• Recognize and congratulate their accomplishments
• Network!
• Shameless plug for NCMA Chapter Meetings,
  Seminars and Conferences

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8. Follow through on your actions

• Taking control of your career will not happen
  unless you follow through
• Its OK to take a job interview to see if its
  time to move ahead with your plan
• Resolve not to give up

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Now that you have theinterview for your dream
job
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What SHOULDNT I do?

• DONT FLUSH during the phone interview!

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