This post deals with strategies you should consider while your career curve is still going up. All of the advice that follows assumes that you are giving your job every thing you have got.<\/p>\n
If you read my last post<\/a>, you might be thinking, "Why is David cheerily laying about with such bleak news? Don’t we have enough trouble coping with waffling managers and impossible deadlines? Why should we be looking forward to old age and reduced circumstances?" <\/p>\n Because you can do something to ensure a more satisfying future.<\/p>\n Gravity does not let up because you ignore it. Neither does the law of supply and demand. You will stay employed as long as you have skills that are in demand AND IF you are still attuned to the rhythms of the group you work with. No matter how well off you are today, either one of these can go wrong in a relatively short time. <\/p>\n Your hard-earned skills can become expendable in several common scenarios: a takeover occurs, new operating procedures are introduced, the technology you know is replaced, etc., etc. <\/p>\n Your affinity with your group can go down the chute when any of the Staying employed is becoming much more like whitewater rafting with The analogy breaks down because in whitewater rafting, you feel you When you are at the beginning of your career curve, you must be Yes, you might make a few missteps, but you will learn quickly what Yes, you will probably keep your job if you don’t make waves, but Work is like that rock, paper, scissors game. There is no long-term Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This post deals with strategies you should consider while your career curve is still going up. All of the advice that follows assumes that you are giving your job every thing you have got.<\/p>\n
\nfollowing occur: a new manager arrives and brings in her own people,
\nyou are transferred because of a reorganization, successful actions are
\ndiscarded in order to reduce costs. You feel increasingly out of step
\nand everyone realizes it.<\/p>\n
\nCaptain Ahab than working as a galley slave. You spend most of your
\ntime watching for submerged rocks and you are often forced to move at a
\npace you cannot control. When something goes wrong, you will catch hell
\nfor it even if your group leader chose the route. You rarely get worked
\nto death because the company goes down and you all go with it. The
\npressure is so intense that you don’t realize how miserable you are
\nuntil after it is over. <\/p>\n
\nhave accomplished something as a team. In today’s employment, you may
\nbe the only one who knows what you have accomplished.<\/p>\n
\nwilling to look for another job as soon as you feel that your career
\nprogress is being blocked. Just as your company considers you
\nexpendable, you must treat your employer as expendable. If you are not
\nbeing given assignments that challenge you and not being rewarded for
\nyour efforts – get out of there and get a job that does both. <\/p>\n
\nkind of employers need and want your services and will pay well for
\nthem. You have a relatively short time to learn technical and
\nmanagement skills that will allow you to earn good money. You cannot
\nwaste your working life waiting for your boss to become an enlightened
\nmanager.<\/p>\n
\nyou will slip further and further behind until you end up working for
\nsomeone who has no business managing you. If this doesn’t make sense to
\nyou, ask one of your coworkers to explain it.<\/p>\n
\nwinning play. You need to stay alert and look for the strategy that
\nwill allow you to produce results for your company and get
\nwell-rewarded for it. It will change over time, so you must be ready
\nfor the next shift if you are to continue successfully.<\/p>\n