Starting Early on Career Resolutions

But how to start? Starting is always the challenge. How can you motivate yourself to go the extra mile while the rest of the world is chilling out? Here are a couple of things you can do:

• Take a break. And follow it through by maintaining a good work-life balance. Maximize your time in the office and aim to finish all your tasks on time so that you would not need to render overtime work. Let family and leisure time motivate you to be as efficient as possible. Daily breaks from the corporate world fuels one’s excitement to work.
• Mentor somebody. Sharing what you have with somebody helps you refocus on the more important things when it comes to your career – drive, excellence, up-skilling. Aside from the positive psychological and emotional effects, it also increases your sphere of influence, gaining you significant advantage when it comes to networking.

Ready, go! And now on to the main plan. Battle mediocrity and ensure career development through these steps:

• Update your resume. You’ll never know when you’re going to need it. Jazz it up a little, adding the most recent accomplishments you have and removing the dated ones. Click here for more resume writing tips.
• Create a LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is possibly the best and most prolific social media network for professionals, from executives in marketing jobs to IT jobs. It is the ideal venue to get new contacts and to build your own personal brand. Don’t be surprised if after a few days, you get a call from a headhunter or an interviewer, telling you that they saw your LinkedIn profile. With that, it is also important that you make it as professional and as effective as possible. Read our LinkedIn series for more information about it.

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