Map out your next career move

Success doesn’t usually happen overnight. It takes hard work and determination to get to the top, whatever industry you work in.

Even if you’ve a destination set in your mind, it’s not as easy as putting the directions straight into a Sat Nav and speeding off. Career moves take planning and preparation. There’s many different routes and roles to choose from – it’s up to you which pathway you want to go down.

Here are a few helpful steps you can take to get yourself in the fast lane towards your dream role from jobs24.com.

Where’s the destination?

To avoid hitting a dead end, create a career plan to help you figure out how to get from A to B and, most importantly, figure out what B actually is.

With your career goal written down on paper it’s much easier to visualise the path towards it.

Give yourself a time limit

If you don’t set yourself a deadline, you might find it takes a lot longer to move up the career ladder.

Set a target date of when you want to achieve your goal – such as ‘in five years’ time I want to be on the management team’ – and stick to it.

You’ll find yourself working harder and seeing faster results.

But be realistic so you don’t burn yourself out.

Identify key skills

Browse jobs24.com for the dream role you want by your target date. Now compare the skills needed for this role with the ones you have, including soft and technical.

This will allow you to figure out what you need to work on and what qualifications you might need to pick up, whether that’s enrolling in an online course or doing a spot of work experience.

When it comes to applying for your target job, you’ll find yourself facing a green light.

Stay organised

Keep updating your plan as you go along, ticking off completed tasks to keep yourself motivated. Don’t just write the list then lose it among all your other work documents – have it stuck on your kitchen fridge and write down deadlines in your diary.

Even with a strategic plan you might hit a few bumps in the road, but stay organised and focussed and get that dream role a lot quicker than you initially thought.

Let’s get started on that journey with the latest vacancies from jobs24.com.

Posted on September 12, 2018