How to build your career

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The level of competition is now really high, more and more skills are requested. Based on that how can you build your career? I tried to list some points:

  • know your strenghts and skills
  • acknowledge your weaknesses and work on these
  • live your passion and try to create a work starting from thius
  • set a plan but be flexible
  • set goals
  • be responsible
  • create your brand
  • create a network and look for external supports. External meetings are supportive, Linkedin can be helpful too
  • don't miss any occasion, some opportunities pop up out of the blue at an unexpected time
  • don't be negative and criticize yourself
  • ask for feedback
  • think out of the box, think that there is no box at all

Which is your idea on this topic? any successful case that you can share?

Carrier Development
Skills Development
Networking
Personnel Development
Paolo Beffagnotti
63 months ago

7 answers

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You pretty much mentioned all the points here Paolo. Although, I would like to mention - "Interest" as well. However, I agree that one need to be planned and identify the strengths/weakness to convert the "interest" into a a successful career.
Listening criticism is also a very important aspect.

Hitesh Mathpal
63 months ago
interest, good point. listening criticism is important but very challenging, usually people does not like this. - Paolo 63 months ago
True. Listening criticism is very tough. However if one can manage that, a lot of success avenues are available and that is the quality takes you towards leadership. - Hitesh 63 months ago
Listen to Learn - Speak and you will not Learn - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
Well said! Intrest keep the spirit burning, it give you the inner motivation to become better in life! - Lawrence 63 months ago
interest support motivation, motivation provides with better and easier results - Paolo 63 months ago
Thanks - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
When we think about career the above stated points are to prepare and to make your mind set to reach at target of success career. However your attitude should be always positive for good of others and where you work that organization should success as well as your success is also needed. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
right Er. Jangyadutta Das,CEO,Consultant,Researcher,, a positive attitude and open mind are fundamental - Paolo 62 months ago
Thanks you are right. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
If this easy - why are most folks grunts? - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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I would start backwards and backcast.
Assume you are retiring. What would you want your spouse, family, friends and colleagues to say about your career,
Lay out the steps to achieve that and move forward from where you are today.

Glenn Frommer
63 months ago
Upon start - I look at folks at the end; and ask myself - is that what I want to do? - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
Leaving a legacy is important in life. Thus as what Glenn Frommer stated, have a plan and move forward from where we are today! - Lawrence 63 months ago
ask yourself what, when, how - Paolo 63 months ago
Details as what Paolo and David mentioned are important when setting up goals and plan or else it is just merely a piece of paper. - Chun 63 months ago
Thanks - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
The career success is influenced by family members and friends at school or college with our skills, attitudes to operate effectively in a particular activity entrusted to us and depend on individual's life, learning and work. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
NOPE - self induced- - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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In my opinion, all the point listed by Paolo are indeed needed to climb the corporate ladder or have a success life. But i think the most important of all or the 1st step is to recognize your strength, skills and talent. This is because life is too short! it is better that we put in effort to train up or "perfectionize" our strength, skills and talent! This save time and we do enjoy doing what we are good at doing. Thus, creating a happy environment, mental health and a positive outlook towards career advancement. I do not mean that we should not waste our time on things that we are not good, but focus on our strength first then weakness.

Lawrence Loy
63 months ago
I would way identify strenghts to leverage on these, weaknesses to improve in this area - Paolo 63 months ago
I would agree with Paolo where strength to leverage while for weakness we improve. - Chun 63 months ago
SWOT - Yes - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
Career building is occupation or profession involves training and education for life work of a person seen as related jobs usually pursued within industry or building trade. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Interesting - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Confusing and disjointed - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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Doing what You Love = Not Always Realistic.

I wanted to be a professional B-ball player as a kid. I LOVED it.
Great offense and defense.
Alas = too short.

Dr. David E. M
63 months ago
But you can try to re-invent your dream if not realistic for any reason. I wanted to compete at the Olympics and... I didn't! but I managed to work for it :-) - Paolo 63 months ago
Still didnt become an Olypian! Dream lost - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Consider 10,000 hour rule: https://www.businessinsider.com/malcolm-gladwell-explains-the-10000-hour-rule-2014-6 - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
interesting one! I have to count my hours, I will let you know - Paolo 62 months ago
Realistic career occupations involve in practical problems and solutions, - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Define realistic - for whom - u, me or society or the company? - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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Ask for feed back. It is important to get a different view/ opinion of others regarding our performance as we humans are quite difficult to identify our own flaws. Some time, others pick up stuff that we don't even noticed which are important for us to step up to the next level in life. A second opinion always better than none! If we would like to success, we need to hear from others, because some time we are too "full" of ourselves and hinder our own progress.

Chun Wei
63 months ago
Thanks - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
Yes when one person is thinking about his progress in his career, it should be his ideology to know his personal fault and at the same time you should consider for discussing the skills, talents and capabilities that make you the strongest candidate what you have so that your career shall be success and useful and you will be strongest candidate. for a progressive business to valued you. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
Value is inward - not outward and must be TRANSFERRABLE - not just inside company - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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"Carrier" to "Career"

The typo is noted.
Please correct,
Many thanks.

Dr. David E. M
63 months ago
Corrected, thanks for flagging the typo - Paolo 63 months ago
No problem. It was on a Q post. Perhaps now more conversations - Dr. David E. 63 months ago
In career typo is to guess as excitement that resume sent when get email too fast , that typo have good news for job seekers as advance in career. - Er. Jangyadutta 62 months ago
typos always good for career! - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
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By career building we mean our job and career satisfaction with balanced working life which is   also  achievement  with  personal values of a person. 

Er. Jangyadutta D
62 months ago
Balanced work-life is for grunts - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
Balance is a misnomer - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
WLB = grunts - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
WLB = employees - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
WLB = not leaders - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
WLM = employees; NOT employers - Dr. David E. 62 months ago
WLB = worker bees; not QUEEN bee - Dr. David E. 62 months ago

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