Hunting down great career ideas...

Being able to be a social animal can be a helpful part of building a successful career. Don’t get me wrong, you need substance, but if people don’t know what you’ve delivered then you’re sunk.

When it comes to driving your career forward you may wonder whether it is worth investing some time in going for awards. Well – yes, it is! Awards are great recognition that your area of work is leading edge and significant. Awards can help your career in three different ways:

Why is it that performance and development plan actions are undertaken just weeks or even days before the review happens? From experience, some people (the manager included) begin to think about their future development when they arrive at the meeting. No time is given to prepare for the meeting and no consideration of what the priorities might be for the year ahead.

People often ask us – “How do I know if my career is on track? How do I know if it has stalled?” People often try to compare their career to others, and get nervous. Is there any objective measure of a healthy career?

1. Phone someone you enjoyed working with Whether it is a previous customer, manager or colleague, you need to keep in touch. Phone them to catch up with what they are doing, tell them what you are doing, find out what you are both planning career wise. It is possible that you could help them or that they can help you.