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Jump Off the Career Ladder
By Shannon | March 15, 2008
It used to be that you could make decisions for your career plan simply by identifying the next rung on the success ladder. Today, for most people, the ladder no longer exists.
In the old days, a career plan was basically a matter of figuring out how to move up, either by obtaining a more senior position in your current organization, or by searching for a position in a different organization that was a step up from your current one. Generally, people were rewarded for taking on more responsibility, in the form of managing more people and more budgets.
Today, successful career plans are not about climbing the rungs and upward direction. Success is about building a career portfolio, comprised of expertise, skills, and experiences.
Building the right career portfolio is dependent on your own unique goals. You have to know where you are headed if you are going to develop an effective career plan to get there. It is also dependent on your own unique career criteria.
When you know your goals and your criteria, you can make decisions about the next step without the ladder. You will have the information and insights to make the right career plan for you.
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