If getting a job can be tough, establishing a career is no easy task. When you're starting out, and during your first few years, it's important to make sure that you move in the forward direction and not sideways. Here's how:
No credit card please
Trace the reason for the recession that has engulfed the United States. You'll find one straight answer — plastic money. Being dependent on one is the biggest mistake you'll ever make. A credit card can be your best friend, but also your worst enemy. Your bills may get paid, but your debt will grow. Once those interest rates make an appearance on your balance sheet, you'll be desperate for cash. When you tip over, you won't be making career decisions, you'll be out to make a quick buck. At 50, you'll look back and realise you didn't pursue a career, but chased money.
Have an open mind
Being flexible means you'll be able to choose jobs that you find both, interesting and challenging. The experiences and the knowledge you pick up from different environments and management styles will build a good base for the future and an understanding of what's out there. There are many different types of careers out there, and you won't know which ones suit you, if you don't give them a try.
Dress cautiously
Every office is different. Some demand you to a stick to formal attire, while few don't mind if you wear a pair of floaters and shorts. Doesn't matter what the dress-code is, the key to office fashion is to always try to be one of the better dressed people in the office. Even if you wear a uniform, wear make-up or accessorise yourself well.
Be social
If you want to move up the ladder and be respected by your colleagues, you need to be liked. Take the time to get to know at least a few people at work, learn as many names as possible and be friendly. No one's going to invite the grumpy cat out for postwork drinks. Note: Most networking happens away from formal work situations. Take the time to have lunch with colleagues, or head out for some coffee together. But don't get too friendly. Maintain a cordial, yet professional relationship.
Creativity counts
If you can become known as the guy who's always coming up with cool ideas that nobody else does, you're going to be in demand. People who can think flexibly and come up with original solutions to problems always stand out from their peers. So increasing your creativity will make you invaluable to the company and give your career a boost. Practise brainstorming sessions with yourself during your spare time. Come up with potential situations and get yourself to find fresh and unique perspectives on them.
Keep setting new targets
It's easy to find yourself drowning in day-to-day tasks and forget to set long-term goals for yourself. But if you want to be successful, you need to establish different career milestones and work toward them. You can be content with what you do, but there's always scope for improvement. The worst thing you can do at work is simply execute without thinking — you'll be frustrated, that you won't grow, and that will impact your performance.
Strike a healthy work-life balance
A job can be taxing, sometimes. You need to be careful to walk the fine line that allows you to excel at work, but have enough time to enjoy your life. With the increasing use of smart phones, people are finding it difficult to disconnect. You don't want to be that guy who's checking his email on a date or WhatsApping when your mum is trying to speak with him. Both, your work and your home life will suffer.
Be physically strong
A big part of maintaining a worklife balance is finding the time to stay in shape. You won't believe how many people start piling on kilos after working in an office for a few months. More jobs require you to stay put in front of a computer — and with hectic schedules, your workout time usually disappears. But be sure you make time to exercise.
Take the high road
After sheltered academic life, there is a big bad world out there, where there politics rules. You have to subtly let people know about your accomplishments and hard work. And there will come a time in a person's career when he'll have to walk into his boss's office and ask for a raise. Hard work is important, but you need to stand up for yourself and for your ideas. Do it respectfully.
Eye that promotion
You don't have to be overly ambitious to have goals. But always remember that you are in a job to grow personally and professionally. Find a person in your field whose work you admire and keep working like them. You're not being greedy if you are thinking of a promotion. You are just keeping yourself motivated to work harder.
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