1. Work by design, not by
default.
Many
people choose a career with minimal knowledge of what skills are needed, what
the day-to-day work involves, and whether it’ll make them happy. Some start
down one path, pulled toward one of the careers that recruit the hardest, where
corporate profits are highest but employees are least satisfied. Then inertia
and circumstance dictate which direction their career goes. In effect, they let
their career choose them, rather than the reverse. Instead, be proactive.
Decide what direction you want to go, and then start moving in that direction,
today.
2. Take responsibility for your career.
The
days of working at one company for a lifetime and relying on a pension and
social security are long gone. Have an internal locus of control: you are in charge
of your career and your life. Design your own career, because if you don’t,
others will.
