Ladd Gasparovic discusses why young professionals should use their twenties to build identity capital.

1. BUILDING
IDENTITY
CAPITAL
LADD GASPAROVIC'S GUIDE TO
HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR CAREER
IN YOUR TWENTIES
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2. DR. MEG JAY'S DEFINING
DECADE COVERS A LOT OF
GROUND ABOUT HOW TO
START A
MEANINGFUL CAREER
IN YOUR TWENTIES...
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3. ...AND THE BOOK'S MAIN TAKEAWAY IS THIS:
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YOU MUST
FIND
SOMETHING
THAT
MATTERS...
...AND STICK
TO IT.

4. JAY IS AWARE
THAT DOING
THIS AT SUCH
A YOUNG AGE
IS NOT AN
EASY TASK.

5. HER ADVICE?
USE YOUR TWENTIES
TO BUILD
IDENTITY
CAPITAL.

6. YOUR IDENTITY
CAPITAL IS THE
UNIQUE
COMBINATION
OF APTITUDES
AND SKILLS THAT
YOU BRING TO
THE TABLE AS A
PERSON AND AN
EMPLOYEE.

7. YOUR TWENTIES ARE THE
PERFECT TIME TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IDENTITY CAPITAL YOU
ALREADY HAVE, AND WHAT
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS YOU
NEED TO LEARN TO LAND
YOUR DREAM JOB.
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8. SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE
OUT WHAT YOUR
STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES ARE?
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9. YOU START BY
DOING SOME SOUL-
SEARCHING ABOUT
WHAT YOUR DREAM
POSITION WOULD BE
BASED ON YOUR
APTITUDES AND
INTERESTS...
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...AND THEN YOU
IDENTIFY WHICH
SKILLS YOU STILL
NEED TO LEARN IN
ORDER TO LAND
THAT ROLE.

10. SAY YOUR DREAM JOB IS
TO WORK FOR A STARTUP.
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LOOK AT JOB
DESCRIPTIONS FOR
YOUR IDEAL POSITION.
WHAT SKILLS MUST
CANDIDATES POSSESS TO
BE CONSIDERED FOR
THESE ROLES?
IDENTIFY WHICH
OF THESE SKILLS
YOU DO NOT YET
POSSESS, AND THEN
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO LEARN THEM.
Then:First:

11. YOU CAN TEACH
YOURSELF
NEW SKILLS BY
TAKING FREE OR
LOW-
COST CLASSES
ON WEBSITES
LIKE:
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12. MOST IMPORTANTLY?
READ, READ, AND
READ
SOME
MORE.
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13. THE MORE KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN
GATHER, THE MORE APPEALING
YOU'LL BECOME TO
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS
IN YOUR DESIRED INDUSTRY.
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14. © LADD GASPAROVIC, 2016
YOU CAN DO THIS.

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