This document provides career advice from a 25-year corporate career veteran. It recommends being prepared for opportunities and interviews by staying knowledgeable about your field and skills, maintaining professional social media profiles, and keeping physically and mentally fit. It also suggests discretion in job searching so as not to jeopardize your current employment, using available career resources, researching potential employers and competitions, building professional networks, and regularly reinventing yourself as needs and industries change.

2. Yue-Wen LIM
25 year corporate career “veteran”
www.LifeWork-consulting.com
yw@lifework-consulting.com
http://careerhmo.com/coach/yue-wen-lim/
Yue-wen@careerhmo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/limyw

3. Always be prepared
 Know thyself and what you want
 Learn, learn, learn
 Physically and mentally fit
 Be prepared for interviews at short notice
 Tidy up social media profiles, resume

4. Always be prepared
 Keep up to date with market and
company news
 Develop your core competency,
transferable skills, USPs
 Be innovative and adaptable, open to
“aha” moments
 Be ready for new projects to gain new
skills or experiences

5. Be Discrete
 If you are currently employed, keep job search process
under radar
 Avoid mass mailings to job boards
 Avoid telling all your colleagues
 Avoid using company email or PC
 Be careful who you trust
 Beware of double agents

6. Be Discrete
 Choose your communication channels wisely.
 For sensitive topics, use personal communication or
phone instead of email.
 When you write important emails, reread them before
sending.

7. Make Use of Available Resources
 Use all the tools available to you
 Assessment tools
 Linkedin
 Contacts, Groups
 Company info
 News updates
 Be familiar with google and other relevant new tech
 Leverage on mentors, coaches, agencies

8. Know Your Targets
 Do your homework - dig up background
info and latest news
 Anticipate issues and concerns
 During interviews
 Be prepared
 Be charming
 Be practiced
 Be a problem solver
 Be confident, but not reckless

9. Know Your Targets
 If aiming for promotion, tailor your
approach to the decision maker’s bias
and preferences (“Manipulation”)
 Analyse what performance matrix are
rewarded
 Keep an eye on your competition

10. Build Alliances
 Develop your network - focus on win-win
relationships, connect on common interest
 Don’t forget alumni and ex colleagues
 Develop a hook :
 a reason to meet,
 a reason to connect
 a reason to continue meeting

11. Build Alliances
 Establish your personal brand and competence
 Give / listen before you receive / ask
 Build endorsements, recommendations,
referrals
 Join influential or related networking or
discussion groups
 Involve, inform, and respect your support staff.
 They will help you out when you need assistance.

12. Reinvent Yourself
 Successful people learn to adapt to change
 What got you here may not get you there. Reassess and
correct your decisions and goals if appropriate
 Upgrade yourself if you risk running out-of-style
 Enhance your strengths
 Be resilient – bounce back stronger from set backs

14. Yue-Wen LIM
25 year corporate career “veteran”
www.LifeWork-consulting.com
yw@lifework-consulting.com
http://careerhmo.com/coach/yue-wen-lim/
Yue-wen@careerhmo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/limyw