STEPS IN CHOOSING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER PATH

STEPS IN CHOOSING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER PATH

Introduction

Career is an individual's chosen profession or occupation. Your career can include one or many jobs throughout your lifetime and the. Initiate your knowledge as much as you can · 

CAREER CHOOSING

1. It All Begins With Your Purpose

We are not created to merely exist and pay bills. There is a purpose for our existence. Until we find and pursue that purpose, life would continue to be an endless string of struggles and fruitless pursuits. In discovering your purpose, you must find answers to the following questions; what are you naturally good at? What are you passionate about? What gives you the greatest joy/fulfillment? It is only when you find answers to these questions that you can truly begin to have a rewarding career.

2. Have A Clear Vision

While purpose is the reason for your existence, vision is a picture of your future. The best way to predict your future is to create it. What is the big picture for you? Can you picture what your future would be like in 10, 15, 20 years from now? Having a clear picture of your future gives your life more direction and helps you to channel all your resources into building a career that aligns with your purpose.

3. Set Goals

Goals are the vehicle that transforms our vision into reality. Once you know your purpose and you have a clear picture of your future, then it is time to take those steps by setting SMART goals. For your goals to be effective it must be Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Time bound. Goals can take the following format

4. Develop The Skills, Knowledge and Attitude

Every career path has a range of critical success factors that distinguish high fliers from the rest of the pack. Identifying these factors are crucial to your success in building your career path. Your job is to absolutely be clear on what they are in relation to your job/position and then grade yourself in each of them accordingly. For example in management the critical success factors are the following 7 skills: Planning, Organising, Staffing, Delegating, Supervising, Measuring and Reporting

 5. Building And Growing Your Network

 You’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read”. Making effort to connect with people who share common career path with you would help you a great deal in your career journey. We all need support, help, ideas that can help to facilitate our journey to where we are heading to. Building and growing your network would open you to a lot of opportunities you may never have come across yourself.

Conclusion

If you develop the habits of Success, you'll make success. Set Goals and demand results from yourself.