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THREE STEP CAREER PLAN
Here is a simple three step career
plan:
1. Find your passion.
2. Get really good at it, the best you can possibly
be.
3. Get known for it. Ensure as many people as
possible know about you and what you can do
for them.
Now, let’s unbundle this as an action plan of 52 tips.
Get in the driver’s seat
1
Visualise Your Dream Job
2
Plan your
escape
4
up
S W
O T
Conduct a personal SWOT analysis (Strengths,
Weaknesses,Opportunities and Threats)
A
perfect
match
Ask for Feedback9
Surround yourself with
inspirational people10
“You are the average of the
five people you spend the
most time with.”
- Jim Rohn
Invest
in
You’ve got personality12
Don’tshowme
the money
Make a life, not just a living.
Passion
14
-it’snotjustafruit
How green is your
grass?15
16
the onlywayUpisnot
Be flexible -GET A GIG
18
More strings to your bow
Stopsabotaging
Stretch yourself
21
“Opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized”
- Sheryl Sandberg
(COO Facebook)
Lessis More-Be Strategic
Find a Mentor...Don’tgo it alone
Brand Yourself
Be
searchable
25
26
Trash your digital dirt
27
Write a Knockout
LinkedIn
28
Profile
Make sure your elevator speech
is takingyou up not down 29
Egois not a
dirty word!
“I may not be perfect, but
parts of me are excellent”
Ashleigh Brilliant
30
Become visible and known31
32
Be a Mentor 33
Stand out with a 21st
Century Resume
34
Mindthe
gap35
Pass the screen test36
homework...
RESEARCH!
Do your
37
Use the STARtechnique
to shine38
Prepare great answers to tough
interview questions.
PRACTISE,
PRACTISE,
PRACTISE
39
Harness your
nervous
energy40
Ace the Interview
41
evidence
Boastwith42
“Do you have any questions for us?”
Interview
interviewer
43the
Brief your
referees44
Decisions, decisions…
45
Thanks, but no thanks
46
“Setbacks are merely opportunities
to show the universe what you’re
made of”
Bounce
back47
- Margie Warrell
Don’t
despair if you’ve
lost your job
48
Congratulations!49
Find space for YOU
50
thebeginning
Impressfrom
51
Do an annualcareer
check-up
52

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