{"id":12261,"date":"2013-10-11T01:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T08:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=12261"},"modified":"2019-08-11T01:21:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T08:21:28","slug":"narrowing-your-career-choices-to-your-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=12261","title":{"rendered":"Narrowing your career choices to your advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is Laura Lee Rose, a business and efficiency coach that specializes in professional development, time management, project management and work-life balance strategies.\u00a0 In my <\/i>Professional Development Toolkit packag<\/a>e<\/a> , I go into professional development and\u00a0real-world IT topics in detail.<\/i> If you are interested in more training in these areas, <\/i>get signed up<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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Steve Wynkoop (founder of SSWUG.org and Bits on the Wire) and I talk a lot about designing and managing our professional careers.<\/a> Recently I was approached by a professional struggling with what her next career position should be.\u00a0 Her background was in project management, but she could go back to school and get her MBA.\u00a0\u00a0 She should start something on her own, or she could stay exactly where she is and focus on her PMP certification.\u00a0 She could take her transferable skills and move into operational management for the executive level. She could do this or that or the other.\u00a0 She was continually flip-flopping among all these options that she was stalled.
\nSo \u2013 what\u2019s a quick way to narrow your choices in this example?<\/p>\n

As with most professionals, the list of what we can do is often very large and diverse.\u00a0 When we start to make a list of everything that we \u2018could\u2019 do, we often get overwhelmed.\u00a0 Instead \u2013 focus on what you really want to do, and then align you skills to support the more specific \u2018focus\u2019.\u00a0 This tends to help narrow the field and eliminates the risk of moving into a position that you \u2018could do\u2019 but actually hate.<\/p>\n

The general attributes I am specifically talking about are things like:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want to work with people in a team environment \u2013 or work on my own as an individual contributor<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I see myself working in a small-family owned company or a large corporation<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want to work for someone and get a consistent salary; or am I better suited for sales (base salary with potential for large commissions based on my performance)<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want be my own boss or rather work for someone else\u2019s company<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I enjoy administrative and organizational duties versus marketing and getting out in front of people?<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want to focus on customer service?\u00a0 Is customer satisfaction is a big passion of mine or would I rather work behind the scenes with no customer interaction?<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want to work in the Cloud and on next generation technology?<\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do I want to be part of the delivery and deployment teams that actually go out to client sites to install the product and train the clients?<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I enjoy designing, developing and rolling-out business and development process for the organization.\u00a0 So, do I want to work for a company that designs software development processing tools?<\/p>\n

10)\u00a0 How would I actually describe my dream job in these general attributes?<\/p>\n

As you can see, I have not mentioned a job title or skill set in the above list.\u00a0 I am just focusing first on designing the general work environment.\u00a0 Continue your wish list and start considering opportunities that encompass your designed attributes.\u00a0 In this way, regardless of the opportunities, you will always be satisfied with the doors that open up for you.
\nClick on the below video for this episode\u00a0 (or goto http:\/\/youtu.be\/x5bJFYCHJjQ<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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