Five Secrets to Creating
Your Dream Career
by Ed Sykes
There are countless career opportunities in this economy for you to
create your dream job. Why be unhappy with your career when you can create
the perfect job that leads to a happy fulfilling career using a little
creativity?
The following are seven
secrets to creating your dream job and very successful career:
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What Do You Want to Achieve in Your Career?
This may seem like a fairly obvious question;
however, when I interact with employees who are unhappy with their careers I
ask them, “what do you want to achieve in your career?” At that point most
employees can’t answer the question or I may receive an answer of, “I Know
What I Don’t Want.” I have found out that the lack of career goals is one
of the leading factors of job dissatisfaction, conflict, and stress in the
workplace.
The foundation of a successful career is
knowing what you want from your career. Take the time to develop career
goals. Once you have done this, break your goals into manageable pieces and
time periods so that you can continuously track how successful you are in
achieving your goals.
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What Are Your Job Requirements
Now that you have developed your career goals, recognize
your requirements for success. Some career questions you can ask yourself
are:
·
What
additional education needs will I have?
·
Are my
career requirements in harmony with my family goals, etc.?
·
Do I want
to work at home or in the office?
·
Do I want
the added responsibility of being a leader or would I be happier as a team
member (be honest with yourself).
3.
Look for Your Perfect Job
Ideas for your dream job are all around you every day.
Look for career ideas from the following resources:
·
Look for trends for career opportunities in newspapers, magazines,
or TV or radio, and the Internet. Act as an “opportunity filter” and look
for the career opportunities where others only see the negative.
·
Think like your internal and external customers and find out what
their biggest challenges are and how you can provide solutions.
·
Think like management, and constantly seek to discover the
challenges they face and develop solutions. The biggest gold mines for
finding organizational solutions are the meetings you attend. Listen for
the little gold nuggets of opportunities that will help you develop you
dream job.
4.
Sell the Solution
Once you have completed the research and
preparation, it’s time to sell management on your solution and your dream
job. Remember to tune into management’s W-I-I-F-M, What’s In It for
Management, when communicating your solution. Stress the benefits of
your proposal and why they should adopt it. Stress how you would deliver
the solution in your new position. Make sure to discuss your career
requirements (resources, telework vs. office, education, etc.) for success
in detail and how they relate to the solution. Close with conviction by
asking for management’s input on your presentation and address any concerns
at that time.
5.
If You Don’t Succeed at First…
If you don’t succeed at first, stay positive
and continue to fine tune your proposal Remember, there will always be
changes in management, the economy, situations, personnel, and
organizational opportunities. Constantly be aware of them so that you can
rise to the occasion when the career opportunity presents itself again.
Apply these five career secrets to achieve more career success in
your life. Act today to start developing the foundation for your dream job
tomorrow.
Suggested reading:
Five Secrets to Creating
Your Dream Career
Five Secrets to Becoming the Perfect Employee
That Everyone Wants – Part One
Five Career Advice Secrets for Being the Perfect Employee
Everyone Wants on Their Team - Part 2
You Mean I Need to
Promote Myself to Get a Promotion? 5 Promotion Secrets to Get the Job You Want!
Three
Secrets to Telling Your Story for Career and Life Success
You Mean I Need to
Promote Myself to Get a Promotion? 5 Promotion Secrets to Get the Job You Want!
Seven Secrets to Being the Leader Everyone
Wants to Work For
Nine Ways Johnny Carson Can
Help You Run Outstanding Meetings
Five Secrets to
Gaining Credibility with Your Team for Outstanding
Results
How Appetizing Is
Your Feedback? (5 Steps to Giving Effective Feedback)
Ten Techniques for
Motivating Others Through Chaos
10
Action Steps to Motivate Yourself to Great Accomplishments
Eight Ways to Motivate
Part-Time Employees
Delegate to Accelerate Success
(How to Prepare
Yourself and Others for Success)
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Ed Sykes is a professional speaker published in
the areas of leadership, change management, customer service and teamwork. He
works with business and government organizations who want to reach the next
level of success and individuals who want to perform at their best. You
can email him at esykes@thesykesgrp.com,
call him at (757) 427-7032 or visit his Web site at
www.thesykesgrp.com.
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