Improving Your Career
An interesting posting is up over at Brazen Careerist entitled “Three things to learn from the crashing careers of the super-rich“. Personally I think the advice can be used at any point in time, not just when investment bankers are losing their jobs.
The article breaks down to three main points and I have somewhat salient comments on all three.
Use the downturn to figure out where you stand.
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So, if your sector is tanking, test your star power. There will be a feeding frenzy for top-talent. Learn where you stand by calling a headhunter. If he or she will work with you, you have star power, or at least you’re at the top of your game.
This is definitely a statement I agree with. If you truly are a rock star in your industry you’ll never want for a job. I know a number of people who could land a new position with 5 minutes of leaving their current position.
If you’re stuck, become a stay-at-home parent.
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Of course, there are people who were born to stay home with kids. Not everyone uses it as an escape route. But everyone can, if need be.
This is a sentiment I disagree with. While a number of people could be a stay at home parent, I honestly don’t know how my wife stays at home with our three children. I would lose my mind being a stay-at-home parent.
Free yourself from the delusion that safe paths are possible.
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There are officially no more safe paths to money. You have to make your own path. This is a stark, big-bang broadcast that the end of the safe career is here. And that’s great. Because the quest for a safe, beaten path that will work for your own life is an empty quest. We are in an new era of work, and you get to make your own path. It’s exciting. Even in a down market.
Yes, Yes, Yes. The illusion of safety in a corporate job may still prevail but make no mistake – the truest path to ‘safety’ is not working a 9-5 salaried position.
Categories: Career, Employment
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