PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE IN 2012!
D o you want your life to be different in 2012? Then PLAN for it. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. In well known studies that were done with university students, it was found that only 3% of the world’s population takes the time to plan and 97% of the world’s wealth is in the hands of those who take the time to set their goals and map out their lives the way they want it. Perhaps you’ve always meant to sit down and plan your life, but never got around to doing it. Or maybe you just don’t know where to begin. Now there is an easy method to help yourself to find the time, direction, guidance and incentive to develop the life you’ve dreamed of. Start 2012 with your own inspiring plans to: Develop or build you career or own...
Are you on the right track?
D o you think your career and life is on track? Do you sometimes feel as if everything is just going off the rails with way too much information to deal with on a daily basis? Not so long ago, it seems that we all had the same goal – to get on track, to stay on track and to move along on track as effortlessly and painlessly as possible. Today, this question and answer simply does not make sense anymore. We are experiencing the most dramatic era of change in human history. There is simply no track anymore. A flood of new technologies and accompanying social changes has transformed everything. It is not only that we are on the receiving end of an inundation of messages, texts and emails. The way we interact with each other has changed. Social...
Successfully driving your career in today’s workplace
M ore and more people realise today that the changing workplace brings about a different way of managing your own career. Many years ago career plans were quite rigid – carefully laid out little plans to move you up the ladder on the company’s directive. I recall the basic rules of having to be on one post level for at least a certain time before you are allowed to take the next step….. Nowadays the focus is not on staying with one employer for as long as possible in order to show stability – the focus is on employability for a rewarding career path; basically building your own personal brand. Ethel Nyembe (Director of Branch banking at Standard bank) who wrote her MBA thesis on managing high value careers, says career capitalists seek ways to improve...
Pay is not the most important factor for generation Y
M uch research has been done about Generation Y and their expectations. For example, it was found that the best way of reaching Generation Y is to speak to them online. Internetworking is their buzz word. According to research done by “The Student Room”, the UK’s largest student community, pay is not the most important aspect when it comes to career decisions for people born between the second half of the 70’s and the first half of the 90’s (generation Y). Interestingly enough, it seems that careers with large, blue chip companies are not high on their list of priorities. Ultimately, this generation is looking for a place where they can grow and identify with a company’s culture and where they see some sort of synergy between their values and the...
Apply the Power of Intent to your career
N ew Year’s resolutions were never something that I got excited about. I always felt that it was a bit illusionary, over idealistic sense of striving towards perfection. When we set New Year’s resolutions, we end up setting unrealistic goals which we do not achieve, just to see another year going by without us reaching our goals or living up to our full potential. New Year’s resolutions seem to be pretty much the same thing as the comments between friends and family around trying to see each other more often: “we really need to get together”. It did not really mean much. Something was missing to make it more authentic. Then it hit me – the difference was…… intent. The same goes for your plans to make a career change or find another...
Take the full interview process seriously
Y our resume was interesting enough for your prospective employer to want to interview you. This need not be an overwhelming experience. Prepare for the interview process as best you can. Make sure you can explain exactly what it is that you can bring to the company and more specifically to the position. As a first step, some companies might opt to have a telephonic screening interview with you. Treat this with the seriousness that it deserves. Prepare yourself in the same way you would for a face-to-face interview. It is exactly the same, except that you can refer to your notes and research in a different way than you would in a face-to-face interview. You have the luxury of having your research spread out in front of you and not having to be concerned...
Finding your feet in a new job
S tarting a new job can be quite overwhelming for anyone. It takes time to adjust to a different office culture. Going through the formal induction process is one thing. Usually the unwritten rules of interaction are the ones that can make you feel like the new kid on the block for quite some time. There are many ways to increase the time it takes you to become part of the new organisation. The first couple of days in the new environment are a delicate and complex matter – firstly you are trying to get confirmation that you’ve taken the right career step in joining the new company. At the same time, your new Employer wants to establish that they’ve made the right call to employ you. Keep in mind that you start integrating yourself into your new...
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