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Want to improve your career prospects? Part 3 of 3.

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Then it’s time to get ‘learning hungry’.

This blog shares 10 more tips and is the third and final blog in a series of 3.

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1)    Study for a relevant new qualification

2)    Learn a language

3)    Read an educative book/Kindle download on your commuting bus/train/tube/journey

4)    Listen to a relevant personal development download when driving instead of listening to music

5)    Follow ‘opinion formers’ on LinkedIn

6)    Download free relevant white papers on the web

7)    Make time each week to reflect on what you have learnt and what you need to learn next to take you to where you want to go

8)    Review your learning and development objectives

9)    Think about what you want to get skilled at and ‘model’ someone (i.e. learn from what they are good at and copy/adapt their approach to suit you)

10) Investigate your own learning style, so you can feed your mind and memory in the best way for you.

What tips would you add? Doing just 1 of these 10 tips will make a difference over time to your career prospects. It is easy to do nothing or put it off.

In an increasingly competitive world, it is vital to build your skills, experience and knowledge to ensure that you are marketable and to give yourself choice.

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Want to improve your career prospects? Part 2 of 3.

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Then it’s time to get ‘learning hungry’.

What action will you take today to grow and improve your career prospects?

Being in the same role can get a bit stale after a while, even if it feels like you are doing the workload of two people, and it’s important to protect your position with lots of younger, cheaper keen people snapping at your heels for your job!.

You need to take responsibility for your own career development and strategy if you are going to improve your career prospects. This is important to improve your CV and marketability for a new and better job, whether internally or externally.

This blog, part 2 of 3 shares 10 tips, many of them costing nothing but time to improve your career prospects by building your knowledge, skills and experience.

  1. Organise a sabbatical
  2. Do a role swap 
  3. Job shadow someone
  4. Get an executive coach
  5. Attend a conference
  6. Get a mentor
  7. Join and be active in a new LinkedIn group
  8. Watch a Ted video
  9. Volunteer for a charity
  10. Work alongside an external consultant 

What tips would you add? Doing just 1 of these 10 tips will make a difference over time to your career prospects. It is easy to do nothing or put it off.

As a career, talent, and learning & development strategist and coach, or ‘talent liberator’ I get involved in skill and behaviour change in various contexts with both individuals and organisations.

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Want to improve your career prospects? Part 1 of 3.

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Then it’s time to get ‘learning hungry’.

Being in the same role can get a bit stale after a while, even if it feels like you are doing the workload of two people, and it’s important to protect your position with lots of younger, cheaper keen people snapping at your heels for your job!.

I have always had an insatiable curiosity to learn new things and my career has evolved as a result, leading me into writing books, articles and creating content.

With all these factors at play at present:

  • economic growth slow;
  • L&D budgets squeezed;
  • informal learning growing;
  • more competition for jobs;
  • a higher level of skill and qualification for roles than in the past;
  • employees staying put for perceived security;
  • digital revolution;
  • more exacting standards by employers; and
  • universities starting to offer free courses on-line

you need to take responsibility for your own career development and strategy if you are going to improve your career prospects. This is important to improve your CV and marketability for a new and better job, whether internally or externally.

This blog, part 1 of 3 shares 10 tips, many of them costing nothing but time to improve your career prospects by building your knowledge, skills and experience.

  1. Increase your span of control e.g. decision making
  2. Cover for others on leave
  3. Get exposure to other departments and roles
  4. Do a role swap or Secondment
  5. Do desk/web research about a new knowledge/skill area
  6. Champion/manage change
  7. Volunteer to gain a leadership skill, e.g. raising money for charity, chairing a committee
  8. Take on a stretch assignment
  9. Spend time with managers cross function
  10. Make customer visits

What tips would you add? Doing just 1 of these 10 tips will make a difference over time to your career prospects. It is easy to do nothing or put it off.

As a career, talent, and learning & development strategist and coach, or ‘talent liberator’ I get involved in skill and behaviour change in various contexts with both individuals and organisations.

Ask yourself these self-reflective questions:

  • What is my career strategy?
  • What are my learning objectives?
  • What competencies do I need to develop to improve my promotion prospects and marketability?
  • What new skills would broaden my horizons and career options?
  • How much time am I making each month to build my skills, knowledge and experience?
  • What’s stopping me from making this a higher priority?

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