Managing
one's career has never been as important as it is today. It
should be noted that research has shown that the majority
of students in business education have been looking for a
workplace - the figures are as high as 83%. Students should
plan to participate in a professional job environment even
before they enter the job market. They should learn to `dig
the well before they thirst.' They have to learn to navigate
their interests towards their career.
This
is what has been suggested: Remodel your life and career into
a business. Create the exciting "You and Company".
As an individual, think of everything one does as though it
were being done by one's business. Wear many hats - i.e.,
the planning hat, the marketing hat, the customer service
hat, the human resource hat, the IT hat, the sales hat, and
the operations hat. In fact, the list of hats can go on and
on. Think of one's job (as a student or as a professional
when one is working) in this hat analogy and see which
hat(s), angles, or issues one needs to think of to improve
on the job that one is doing. Here, when we step into the
field of possibilities, we will experience all the magic,
fun, adventure and expansion of our career life. Of course,
one needs to combine one's own efforts with those who are
inside or outside specialists who may help one as colleagues,
consultants or suppliers. When one plans and cares to do things
proactively to better oneself career-wise, there is little
or nothing that one loses. |
