This uncertain world of work demands a new approach to managing the trajectory of your career. “Manage your life as if you are your own boss and agent,” my colleague Mike Squires, a Senior Technical Recruiter at PayPal says with insight. Successful careers don’t just happen, it’s up to you learn the controls of a successful professional life,
You begin this transition by managing your professional life with the same commitment to success that a corporation applies. Thinking of yourself as a corporation, MeInc, a financial entity that must survive and prosper over the long haul, will give structure and motivation to your professional life.
Stacking the odds for success in your favor, MeInc will mirror the building blocks of long-term corporate success: ongoing strategies for R&D, Marketing & Public Relations, Sales, Strategic Planning and Finance. Moving forward in life with more forethought and greater objectivity you will have greater control over your professional life and change your professional destiny for the better.
Research & Development in a corporation insures the future by continually developing products with maximum marketplace appeal. At MeInc, continually monitoring employment market demands for your profession insures your future with consistently in-demand skills.
Marketing and Public Relations help establish credibility for the professional services you deliver, and ensure that the quality of the evolving MeInc brand gradually becomes visible to an ever–widening circle, starting with your department and expanding outwards through your local professional community, and beyond, as your strategic career plans dictate.
Sales programs at any company are the foundation of survival and success. MeInc stays current with proven strategies to sell your products and services, including resume, job search, interviewing, negotiation, and all the other tools of career management.
Strategic Planning initiatives develop strategies for growth with a current employer, times strategic career moves that take you to new employers, monitors the health of your profession, and makes plans for career change with timing that keeps you in control.
Working with R & D and Marketing initiatives, your Strategic Planning Department also constantly monitors the marketplace for synergistic opportunities for the pursuit of entrepreneurial endeavors that might over time deliver independent revenue streams.
Finance. As a good consumer, you have been raised to live in debt. You need a financial strategy to ensure you invest in your future success, rather than fritter away your income on the instant gratification drummed into your head by 24/7 media.
To make your dreams come true, you have to break free of this indoctrination and invest yourself, your time, and your income in the activities that will make MeInc successful and give you the opportunity for a fulfilling life.
Martin Yate CPC, is the NY Times bestselling author of Knock em Dead The Ultimate Job Search Guide, and Secrets & Strategies For Success. As Dun & Bradstreet says, “He’s really just about the best in the business.” www.knockemdead.com
