Monday 30 September 2013

3 Career Changing scenarios


If you freshly graduated or are planning a shift in your career, mastering a skill will help you land a job that will provide greater job satisfaction. Human beings are at their best when mentally agile. Our minds need constant exercise and motivation. Learning provides the dumbbells.
Life-Changing Career Move
A skill helps you create a niche for yourself not just in the job market but in your organization too. If there has ever been a time when you’ve wanted to make a shift to a career that excites you, this is the time! The right career move comes with the right skill. When shifting from one career to another, enthusiasm is great but what is really needed is to be prepared or rather, to go guns blazing. This can be attained by learning the skills that are needed for you to perform your tasks in your dream job. Once you have mastered this, you can move on to more advanced courses as and when  your job demands it.
Stay in the NOW
In another scenario, if you have been waiting way too long for a promotion that never came, maybe you need to update your skills to stay relevant. Many people are passed off for promotions at work because they lack the desired skills that a higher position demands. Find out what those skills are and take an online course which doesn’t hamper with your work timings. This will help you get noticed and also create more job security for you. The trick is to stay updated with the industry.
Kill the competition – at the beginning!

After graduation, the last thing on your mind is to take up a new course. You’re geared up to take charge of the world and put all your cumulative knowledge to good use. But experience teaches us something a degree doesn’t – don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Are you sure the degree/ course you have pursued will help you in the way you expect it to? It’s best to be sure. Think of the path you want your career to take and take on some additional courses that will better equip you to take on new tasks and responsibilities at your new job. The best part? You can study from home, at your convenience because e-Learning is just a click away.

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