Career Planning: What not to do!
You’ve heard a lot about career planning. We’ve may have read what Brian Tracy said about developing career goals, “An average person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear focused goals.”
Why then do more people make mistakes at career planning? What do they not do to manage working out a career plan?
There is plenty of advice online about what you should do to give you the best chance of getting a job, or the one that you really want. But on the other side of this coin, there are plenty of things that you shouldn’t do if you want to get it!
As a recruitment consultant of over four years, I have a experienced many bizarre and amusing things when looking to fill my vacancies, the below are all real examples and by those who could even be considered to be intelligent!
After watching careers for almost forty years, I’ve got a clear idea of what you should do to build yours. Here’s some advice if you’re starting out.
1. Seek and use feedback. Feedback will turbocharge your career and put you on the path to continuous improvement.
2. Get help. You can’t know it all yourself. Get help from mentors, friends, peers, books, classes and role models.
3. Seek out challenges. That’s how you grow.
If you’re on their property – or on their block – you’re on stage. The interview begins with the impression you make on everyone you encounter from the moment you step out of your car – or get on the block where the company is located. People from the company are always in the vicinity of the company and are very likely to be asked their opinion of you. This includes the parking lot attendant, the security guard, and, especially, the receptionist.
Should you lie on your resume? That was also a question I asked the men that taught me the game. Here are some of their answers:
I could not justify putting things on my resume that weren’t true. However, I wanted to know more about that Assumption Clause. It’s a great little tactic that men use in everyday situations, and they’ve perfected it in business. Women have been subjects of this maneuver many times. The conversation below shows how this strategy works.
It’s amazing how quickly ideas and perceptions change in the online world. For example the emergence of social networking sites have taken Internet users by storm and has therefore creating a huge debate over their purposes and how they should (or shouldn’t) be used.
The burning issue over the use of social networking sites is if the information on the websites could or should be used as evidence. For example information posted on these types of sites could provide evidence required to convict people of offences. As well as this, there is an issue of visibility. By this I am referring to the fact that once you post information online, in most cases it is there to stay. With auto-archiving websites such as “the way back machine” and not forgetting Google’s cache, a hasty delete may not be enough.
It’s your first Job Interview tomorrow. The interview is for one of the many jobs you’ve applied for in the past month after graduation. After receiving the good news, your hands start to grow numb. You’re starting to feel butterflies in your stomach. It’s not a very good feeling. You wanted this job so much, and now that you have a chance to be interviewed for it you feel that you might just not be ready enough to handle the responsibility. Perspiration starts to slide down your face. This odd feeling leave you thinking if you did the right thing applying for the job.
Developing an understanding of the specific ways in which Generations X and Y view the world will provide your organization with valuable insight into how to attract, sustain and motivate the younger generations. When you speak their language and they understand your language, the stage is set for better communication, increased productivity and increased profitability. I was reminded of this when one of my client’s commented, “Why do my younger employees keep talking about this whole ‘balance’ thing, when there’s work to be done?”
There are a couple of important things to consider here.
What do your customers think about you when they hear your name? Do they get a positive or negative image of you and the business? The image of a business as a source of quality products, reliability, and trustworthiness is critical to its success. Every organization should take time to communicate the importance of maintaining high quality standards to it’s employees. Once communicated properly, it is up to your employees to communicate these high quality standards to your customers.
As with many hospitals, if you are searching for Piedmont Hospital jobs, you can apply either online or in person. As the winner of many awards from patient care to patient safety, it is a hospital that has a lot to offer both patients and staff. It is no wonder that Piedmont Hospital jobs are sought by applicants across the country.