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Career Management

Career Management may sound a bit strange to you; but hopefully, it will also sound a bit intriguing. Most I/T professionals are pretty busy people. Seems like you never have enough time to get everything done. Just when you need time the most, someone needs you in another meeting. Somehow, you really should think about your career before your reach a crisis in it.

Management is always some combination of planning, executing the plan, and fighting fires. The more you can plan and execute the better, but how do you do it? There is only one way that we know of and that's to just do it. Recognize the importance and set some time aside to think your career goals through. The pace of your day to day activity will continue to displace any efforts to set personal and professional priorities if you allow it to do so.

Examine what you are doing today and decide what's missing. Issues like these:

  • Family
  • Happiness
  • Opportunity to learn new technologies
  • Advancement
  • Recognition
  • Earnings
  • Benefits
  • Travel or less travel
  • Training, seminars, user groups, etc.
  • Working environment
  • Co-workers
  • Etc.

Prioritize what is most important to you and set some dates. Spend some time determining what you have to do to accomplish these goals. If it doesn't look realistic, adjust your plan, goals or schedules until it is. We think it is very important to assess your current employment situation to judge whether you can reach your goals without changing jobs. Start by understanding just what it will take to get there. Talk to your family to assure that your plans are consistent with their wishes. Discuss career aspirations with your manager.

If all of this sounds simple, obvious, or too time consuming, ask yourself these two questions:

  • What am I doing proactively to reach my goals?
  • If I am not doing it, who's doing it for me?

Plan your career and execute the plan. Don't leave your future to chance. Recognize that there are some very real risks out there like burnout, downsizing, stagnation, technical obsolescence, and more. We can help you reach your goals while you continue to manage your current responsibilities. Your dental planning includes a dentist. Your financial planning includes a broker or banker. Your estate planning includes a legal professional. Include a good search professional in your career planning.