The document provides guidance on taking charge of your career in today's changing workplace. It discusses understanding new workplace rules with remote work and organizational changes. It also notes many new career opportunities arising but requiring effort to find. The document recommends self-assessment, creating a career vision and map with goals, gaining diverse experience, and networking to successfully navigate increasingly complex career paths. The bottom line is understanding your strengths, using all resources, and having an open mind in today's challenging workforce.

1. Taking Charge of Your Career
By: Lowell Singer

2. Understanding the New Rules of Work
● Around 43% of employees work remotely in some way
● Organizational structure is less complicated to increase decision making speed
● Technology and innovation will never stop changing
● Many new career opportunities are arising but will not openly present themselves
without putting effort forth

3. Navigating Careers
● Studies suggest that 65% of kids in school attend and graduate college
● Careers will arise that do not previously exist today
● Career ladders are becoming more complex as employees move to different
positions or companies more frequently
● To successfully navigate your own career path it is important to have an open
mind and be optimistic

4. Creating Your Career Vision
● A successful career path begins with a strong foundation
● Take self assessment tests to understand potential careers or personality traits to
get you started on the right track
● Create a self “SWOT” analysis to understand your strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats
● Compare your life goals to your career goals
● Be prepared to make trade offs and sacrifices
● Evaluate all potential career paths, try new things
● Translate your career vision into a career path

5. Creating a Career Map
● Establish short term and long term career goals
● Ask yourself where you want to be in 1,5, or 10 years down the road
● Use short term goals to achieve long term goals
● Identify potential career accelerators that can boost you to your long term goals
● Understand and limit roadblocks that may stand in your potential career path
● Ask for feedback from others, gain insight from veterans in your career path

6. Mobilizing Your Path
● Always do your best to set yourself up for success
● Understand how you personally learn best
● Get as much experience as you can when given the opportunity
● Create a vast professional network
● Preparation before hand limits problems down the road
● Create a personal brand for how others perceive you (reputation)

7. Bottom Line Conclusions
● The workforce is becoming more complex, competitive, and challenging
● Understand what you do best before anything else
● Utilize every resource available to you or you’re missing out on valuable
experience
● Never be scared to ask for feedback
● Always have an open mind!