Job satisfaction is from doing the
kind of job you have a passion for. If at present you are in a low pay job look
for something you like about the job and build on it,
Reality check
There are very few jobs out their.
If after self assessment and soul searching and you still cannot reconcile the
job you have at hand then an exit plan.
If you currently are unemployed,
take out a piece of paper and jot down the type of job you like. Being
realistic about your ability, qualification and having knowledge of the skill
required. Will determine if you are adequately
qualified and in a position to get that job.
The more lucrative the job the more
people with better qualifications would seek out employment in the firm. Always
be ready for competition and even thrive on it. See competition see a
reason to excel and show the stock you’re made from.
Didn’t get the job? So what, several
rejections should only make you better prepared and stronger, work on you CV,
appearance confidence and what the job entails.
Your career path
Whatever job you find yourself
mapping out a career path is very important; before you can attain that
enviable career high you need to have a clear picture of where you want to be
in so many years.
Look critically at the office
structure, promotions and advancement prospects. If there are hardly any
promotions in your office in several years the prospect of attaining your goal
might be slim.
Every organization has protocol when
it comes to work place promotions, make it your business to know their policy
and work tirelessly towards that goal, mapping out an attainable goal and
working through a series of well thought out steps is important.
Career
path
Finding that cool job that can take
you to the place you envisaged is the first step to mapping out a workable
career path, a career path is a set of goals that could lead you to the level
of employed fulfillment you believe you deserve.
Getting the right job or something close to your goals is the first
all important step, if you don’t love the kind of job you are doing you should
ask yourself’ is this job right for me?
The answer could be a makeup call.
Being in a job without fulfillment is not all bad, let us consider a banker
who’s tired of his job because of the long hours associated with that kind of
job.
Before you make the costly mistake
of resigning and trying out another job, you must be sure your dream job is
attainable and has considered most problems of sudden job change. Don’t listen
to friends that encourage you to start out on your own especially those
aspiring towards self employment, doing business is hard work and you must be
equipped to face the reality of not receiving a steady paycheck.
If your desire is to get a job in
another sector do your homework, go for interviews and first get the job before
any hasty resignation.
How
to map out your career goals
Finding a job that best compliments
your vision would motivate you better than one you stumbled upon; a job you are
passionate about would payout in the long run through better job satisfaction and cash remunerations.
Work hard. Working hard at the job
is a great way to get noticed for your professional skill. Every stage of your
life must have been characterizes and fashioned through dedication studious
resolve and hard work, hard work as they say always pays.
Get additional training.
Get additional training on the job,
top business constantly workshops and symposiums,
getting addition training not only helps you do the job better but adds to you
CV and positions you for better job prospects and job advancement.
Companies who train their staff
would not like the staff to carry the skills they have acquired to competitor
companies so they would in time offer promotions or added incentives to keep
the highly trained staff.
Get ahead
Get ahead by loving your job and
hard work combined with consistent training and updating your skill are all you
need to start getting ahead of the pack, everything in life needs proper
planning and work to achieve your career goals.
Prepare a career path list
Putting your aspirations and
objectives on paper gives you a visual representation of a career pathway, in
preparing a list there are several parameters you should consider some of which
are listed bellow.
Academic qualification
What are your academic
qualifications? Having the right academic qualifications is perhaps the most
important item on your list, working towards getting a promotion or getting
that plum job without the tools positions you for failure.
There was this man I knew who worked
in the clerical department of an insurance firm, he had listed a career path he
needed to become an accountant or auditor of that firm.
He was not adequately qualified and
knew unless he upgraded his CV the prospects of being a chief accountant in the
firm was slim to nothing or at best maybe twenty years. The man mapped his
career path and registered for the chattered accountant professional
examinations, by first considering the stages that could qualify him as an
accountant he registered with a top accounting school that prepares candidates
for the examinations.
Due largely to his job schedule he
opted for weekend classes which he religiously adhered too, it took him two and
a half years to pass the three stages and become a chattered accountant, and
then he added the new qualification to his CV with his current employers.
The career path way opened
employment as an accountant in a rival insurance firm which took and he did for
three years then found his way back to his old firm as the chief accountant.
The career path had taken him six years to accomplish.
He was now at the level he envisaged
while many of his fellow clerks still had the same clerical jobs. The story
highlighted is a true story that strongly shows how planning a career path
around academic qualification can get you to the top.
Career
Mapping
job
dedication
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job
skills
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right
job
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work hard
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Quire added skill
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get job satisfaction
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be innovative
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get better qualifications
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be passionate about job
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become an asset to the company
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attend seminars
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the right job
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Knowledge
of the job
Some people take for granted job
knowledge, being qualified for the job does not guarantee skill acquisition.
Knowing the job shows in your work ethics and management skills in due course
your company would notice your proficiency, hard work and dedication and could
reward you with a promotion. Without mastering your current job advancement might
not come quickly enough.
Job movement
If you find yourself stock in a
certain position for several years without any movement you may have to plot a
career path that carries you out of the establishment or to other sectors of
the same company. Moving from one identical company to another as a technique
for advancement actually works.
For example if someone starts his
career as a cashier in a bank he can after a while seek a higher position in
another bank, the likelihood of being employed by the other firm is high
because of your present job.
After a few years and a few
promotions later cross carpet to another bank or the same one you left, your CV
shows expanded experience in many banks and the prospect of getting a higher
managerial job is better. Many top bankers use this method very effectively to
advance their job prospects.
The technique works in almost any
working environment that deals in job experience, cross carpeting can be used
as an effective career path strategy.
Acquire new skills
There is nothing wrong in plotting a
career path by acquiring new skill. Everyday technology improves and new
methods and techniques consistently change the market place, keeping abreast of
the changes gives you an advantage during job interviews, and at your place of
work.
As they say knowledge is power so
empowering yourself for future prospects and advancement is always a good
direction to take, always strive to be better at your chosen job everyday, the
job gets easier and management would notice. Having a new knowledge base should
be included in your career path map, don’t be stuck in a rot.
Get visible
In some work places you might find
yourself lost among the crowd, to achieve positive movement in the work place
you have to be visible. Being team players is good but being an exceptional
team player is better, is invaluable to your organization especially when
important decisions are made.
If important company business are
channeled through you or at best requires your impute then you have become an
asset to the organization. Become an asset to your company and they would
reward you for it.
If the management recognizes your
positive role in the companies’ development in order keep the valuable employee
a career boost might just be in their cards. Recognition comes with more
responsibility and responsibility usually comes with a larger portfolio.
Mapping a career path for a highly
contested job
There are high paying jobs that are
keenly contested and desired by many, for example work in the oil and gas
sector. How do you get such a lucrative job if that’s were your career path
leads. First you must be qualified, don’t delude yourself that having a
bachelor’s degree or masters would snag you a keenly contested job.
Lets take an interview for a
position in an oil company, for maybe only six openings, on the day of
interview after getting short listed you find two hundred people contesting the
six jobs openings. Within the job seekers there is a likely hood that twenty
master’s degree holders are in the crowd and only one or none gets a placement.
In order to snag a highly contested
job that works with your career map you need to get extra training from
educational establishments that offer specialized training in certain oil and
gas segments. Get the specialized training, and become a member of certain oil
professional bodies as added insurance find work in a company related to oil
and gas, acquire knowledge of the job you seek now you are ready for the
interview. Your CV armed with all these added skills would be irresistible to
the job interviewer which improves your chances of getting employed.
A
good career map
A Successful career map
To successfully map you career path
you need to put in place the following.
1 Find a job you like or one that
has advancement prospects
2 Get adequately trained
3 Get ahead of the pack
4 Love your job
5 Work very hard at your job
6 Get visible to your employers.
7 Map out a proper career path list
8 Consider the vertical and
horizontal path ways
9 Be qualified for the job you seek
10 Acquire as much skill as you can
11 Build up your knowledge on the
job
12 Acquire new job skills
13 Use job movement as a positive
tool
14 Join professional bodies that
have to do with your career path
Join
professional bodies
Being part of a professional body is
another sure way to boost your career prospects, professional bodies add juice
to your CV and show seriousness and dedication to the career path you have
chosen.
For example if you are a banker join
professional groups that have to do with banking, same with accounting,
engineering, surveying, architecture, building and construction, even
entertainment. There is a professional institute that caters for any career
choice, they don’t only offer you membership but you would be on top of changes
in the industry, you get inside knowledge of employment opportunities and best
practices and they would always stand behind their members.
Career maps
A career map could follow the same
trajectory which is straight and horizontal which may lead to several years
before you get to your career goal.
The map could require cross
carpeting to increase your pace and arrive at your destination much quicker or
you might map out a vertical climb using all the resources of education,
qualification, training, skill acquisition and hard work to achieve your career
path goals. By mapping out a workable career path you can attain your dreams
and get job satisfaction.
Incentives
in the work place
Business owners should consider
incentives in the work place to increase productivity, positive engagement, and
confidence of staff, staff remunerations, welfare package and promotions. This
helps boost staff moral and affects the company in a positive manner
An employee can leverage on
incentives provided by the business owner to further his career especially
incentives that have to do with additional training.
Reward doesn’t necessarily require
monetary compensation but incentives like staff holidays, and gifts. Added
training by the company with discount packages is a useful tool employers can
deploy.
Giving adequate incentives to staff
can encourage staff innovation, motivate them to work harder, increase staff
satisfaction, increases the employees productivity and even the companies
turnover. Business owners have a responsibility to provide incentives for
deserving employees, a happy work place is more group oriented than having
dissatisfied staff.
Business
owners staff rewards and incentives
There are several incentive programs
that can impact positively on staff and boost staff performance some of the
work place incentives that can be used by business owners are.
Bonus incentive
Business owners can use bonuses to
motivate their staff, bonuses and commission payout can increases a staff’s
dedication. Business owners can add bonuses according to the staff’s
productivity. Using bonuses and commissions shows the staff that there is
reward in hard work
Additional responsibility
Business owners use this method to
show a particular hard working staff that promotion is around the corner, they
may change his portfolio and job description giving the staff a higher ranking
without a commiserate increase in wages. The smart employee who has a career
map sees the opportunity for growth and only needs to work harder, with time
the wages will equate the job designation.
Gifts
During special holidays it is not
out of place for business owners to appreciate their staff with gift hampers,
the gesture though good and thoughtful has nothing to do with your career
aspirations. The gesture can be appreciate for what it is a thank you gift.
Business owners can use gifts to appreciate their staff.
Vacation
Business owners can send deserving
staff on an all expense paid vacation, hard working staff greatly treasure
family time so giving them paid vacation during special holidays increases
moral and staff productivity.
Cash payouts
Cash payouts are a common method
business owners use to appreciate hard working staff, they can come as bonuses,
commissions or cash gifts. Cash is an excellent motivator it boosts employees
moral which increases productivity.
Motivational awards
Staff would compete to snag
motivational awards by completing tasks, getting new clients and making higher
sales, the motivational award can come in form of a certificate a plaque, cash
or both. A hospital I took a relation to sometimes 2013 I noticed a large
certificate in the reception area with the picture of an employee and the words
employee of the month.
Workers and retrenchment
The loss of a job can be inevitable
even to a hard working staff if there is a financial crisis in certain sectors
of the economy, sometime an employee gets caught in a staff rationalization
policy. Businesses sac staff to reduce overhead costs and increase
profitability, profit making is the main reason mass sacking could happen.
What happens to a strategist looking
to build a career and not get unemployed, if you have an inkling that mass job
loss is eminent then a quick job change is necessary, the purge might not
affect you if you can ride the storm without being a casualty and even gain
promotion and bigger wages at the end of the day.
Getting sacked is not the end of the
world so as long as you have your job experience and academic qualifications.
When searching for a job prepare a short but precise CV, that highlights what
the company gains by employing your services
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