#RoadmapYourCareer: The Secret to Pursuing Your Own Vision of Career Success!
By: Latasha Williams
Tags: Career Development, Resume, Career Advice, Career Change, Personal Development

You want to get ahead at work. You want to be promoted and advance in your career. But you feel stuck or like you’re being passed over for an opportunity. Do you want to know the secrets to pursue your vision of career success?

I can help you take specific, concrete steps to create a strategic roadmap that will find the clarity and excitement of your dream career but first let’s talk strategy! A personal career strategy is a way of thinking through your skills and attributes so you can market yourself to the jobs that fit your abilities, not try and adjust yourself to a set of criteria you’re not comfortable with.

Having a rewarding and fulfilling career that truly matches you depends upon pursuing your own vision of professional success (not someone else’s). Otherwise, you’re likely to spend your career days (and years of your life) trying to live up to the expectations of others or mindlessly drifting from one job to the next. But that stops today!

Of course, success itself means different things to different people. For some, it’s a matter of earning more money and climbing the corporate ladder. For others, it’s more about stretching their skills and contributing to society. And still others, it’s about getting to the highest point you can in your career no matter what area it is in!

Make your work life more satisfying and build the accomplishments that you can be proud of.

Use this checklist to plan your future and put your plans into action. It’s Time for Your Career Checkup! Let’s get started on building your career confidence!

I help people create a winning career brand that helps them gain clarity, direction, and strategic insight into how they can use their strengths to future-proof their careers. I wrote a new checklist on how to plan for career success and I think you’ll love it!

Planning for Career Success:

You hear about people following their passion or getting their dream job, but what if you have no idea what your passion is or how to find a job you’ll love? You keep wondering whether it’s YOU who needs to change, or the world has changed and maybe you just can’t fit into the mold anymore. This checklist may just help you get going in the RIGHT direction. Check off each item when you finish reviewing it!

___Identify your career strengths. Think about your talents and how you can apply them in your career. Do you like working with numbers or do you have a passion for design? Browse online for aptitude/ career personality tests that will suggest careers that suit your personality or help you to identify your strengths if you can’t think of any. Click here for one of my faves — https://www.truity.com/view/tests/big-five-personality#

___Set specific career goals for the next 30 days, 90 days, and next year that will allow you to use your strengths. Create objectives that will motivate you and allow you to evaluate your progress. Give yourself realistic short- and long-term targets that are challenging but feasible.

___Address obstacles that have and can hold you back from achieving #1 and #2. You may find that you need some additional resources to complete your goals. Figure out what’s holding you back and how you’ll overcome it.

___Consider your brand. But wait do you even have one? What makes you unique understanding your personal brand will help you to market yourself. When you know what you stand for and the audience that you’re trying to reach in your career- that audience will find you!

___Think ahead. 2 years is the new long-term goal! Career planning is an ongoing process or journey that requires more than keeping your resume updated. Review your job status regularly to decide if it’s time to make a change.

___Write it down. Put your career plan down on paper and save them. You’ll be more likely to keep your strategy in mind instead of letting it get buried under daily events. Review it weekly and take note of successes.

Today’s job market is more competitive than ever, which means that your career brand must stand out in a sea of applicants and peers- but I know you can do it! This checklist was created to help you do just that! Now let’s start to implement your career growth!

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