Comments on: The Young Professional’s Guide to Getting Ahead in Your Career

By: Career Sidekick

Career Sidekick — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:16:00 +0000

The part about being more than your job description is really important. That type of mentality will lead to a lot of future career success, in my experience.

By: OldGuy in Tosa

OldGuy in Tosa — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:35:00 +0000

A corollary here is in order. For those folks watching the wholesale flight of coworkers, that presents a fantastic opportunity for future your position, either where you are, or where you end up. Perseverance and working through seemingly insurmountable issues become those items which a)show up on future reviews of your worth to the company and promotibility, or, b)provide perfect fodder for that ever present interview question ‘…tell me about a time when…’, and you actually have a 1st hand example of success! Cliches aside-whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…

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By: edt

edt — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 04:19:00 +0000

This article made me ‘uncomfortably’ evaluate my current way of thinking and had me questions my mindset – since I am a perfect example of generation Y – extremely proud of were I come from, very aware of the person I am even at 23 years of age and questioning everything within my organisation (which makes it very difficult for me to adapt to the corporate environment – and for corporate to adapt to me). I have been fighting against most of these tips (because that is just not what I believe in -“playing the game” to get ahead) and therefore maybe hurting my career unknowingly. In a nutshell – this article inspired me! Looking forward to reading the book….

By: Andrew Tarvin

Andrew Tarvin — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 19:32:00 +0000

Great list. For #2, the real key to promotion is to do the job description of the role you want to be promoted into it. If you show you can do the next-level work, it’s easy to promote you because there’s no concern of “if” you can handle it–you’ve already been doing the job.

By: Lachlan Castellano

Lachlan Castellano — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:27:00 +0000

Creating these profiles isn’t enough; you must optimize them
by linking them together, using keywords that reflect the job you want
and marketing them through guest articles, comments on blog posts and PR
for yourself. Constantly manage your online presence—what other people
say about you online is how you’ll be represented to the world.

baixar spybubble

By: Belinda Summers

Belinda Summers — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 02:34:00 +0000

Made me shook my head. Agree so much, learning shouldn’t stop when you work. It’s a continuous pattern so don’t lose the fire. Keep that desire burning all the time. Be that someone everyone wants to have in a company. Be a need and a want.

By: Ondecision, Inc.

Ondecision, Inc. — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:37:00 +0000

+1 on the points about soft skills and connections!

By: treptalks

treptalks — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:55:00 +0000

Excellent points, Young professionals can learn a lot from this article. My experiences working in the corporate world:
1. Starting out try to find work at a BIG corporation unless you are looking for entrepreneurship kind of experience, then working at a startup may be beneficial. Big corporations have structures and policies and future opportunities that can benefit your career. At smaller companies, you are always trying to save your butt from getting fired.
2. I have found that 90% of your professional success will depend on interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills. At College/University, take every opportunity to develop these skills.
3. Create a professional digital identity. These days everyone searches your name to see what you have been upto online.

4. As mentioned, network like crazy!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:57:00 +0000

#4! #4!

Social media is definitely the hot place for recruiting & job seeking. We recently did a series of stories about job seekers who successfully found work through social media– mostly through twitter. Here is some advice from a recruiter about how to successfully use Twitter: http://careerfuel.net/2013/07/twitter-the-new-flirting-tool-to-find-work/