3 Essential Questions for Professional Women
How are you on waiting? Do you ad- here to the old adage” all good things
come to those who wait”. Overnight success is a myth. Or perhaps I should say sustained overnight success is a myth! It’s pos- sible to get your 15 minutes of fame by winning a contest but look a bit deeper and you’ll probably find that they have been battling away for ages. And if they haven’t they rarely last the course. It’s important to have substance, to earn respect.
Don’t Wait Too Long But some women wait too long! Yes, you need ex-
perience, knowledge, skills and talent but you don’t need to be perfect (see Qualifications Don’t Work
www.changingpeople.co.uk/2011/qualifications-dont- work/).
So take a few minutes now to reflect on your career to date. How long have you stayed in a job before considering your next move? Do you know what your next move is? Or could be? Plot your career path since leaving education. Write down each job you’ve had on a time line you’ve had and make a note when you started thinking about your next.
What prompted each move? Were you reactive or did you plan it? Do you have an end target on that time line?
Maybe Director by 30? Own company by 50? (If you read that and thought, 50? That’s too old, think again! I successfully changed career in my late 40s plus the population is ageing and our attitudes have
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to change too. Don’t fall prey to your own version of
femageism. We’ll all be working longer so make sure you love what you do!) If you want to get ahead, I recommend you think about a career plan: planning doesn’t mean you can’t be spontaneous or that you get stuck in a groove. It does mean that if you know where you are ultimately headed you’ll make better decisions along the route to ensure you get there!
Your Career Plan Please do share your own stories of career planning
or otherwise. If you have one is it helping? If not, why not?
Jane C. Woods Changing People
jane@changingpeople.co.uk http://www.changingpeople.co.uk/
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