10 pieces of disastrous career advice you should avoid (at all costs)

PIECESOF DISASTROUS

career advice

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to differentiate between good

career advice built on sound

logic and misguided attempts

to point you in the right

direction.

IT'S IMPORTANT


With this in mind, you want

to be alert to the common

pieces of bad career advice.

Avoid the following tips at all

costs!

1TAKE A JOB YOU

don`t want


Unless you are destitute,

it isn't a good idea to

settle for the first job that comes

along. It might get

you away from your present

employer, but how long will it

be until you're desperate to

Switching jobs too

often will raise concerns

among hiring managers.

LEAVE YOUR

NEW JOB AS WELL?

2LET ABILITY

DETERMINE

your career

You're much more likely to have

a fulfilling and successful career

if you choose a line of work that

interests you.


AVOID BEING

PIGEON-HOLEDjust because you excelled in

a particular subject at school.

3GO FOR THE

HIGHEST

salary

Just because an organisation

offers attractive salaries,

it doesn't mean they are a

good employer to work for. Nor

does it mean the role will be

INTERESTING OR

INTRINSICALLY

REWARDING.



4STAY IN A

JOB FOR

security and ease

If you stay in a job simply

because it offers long-term

security and you can do your

work in your sleep, the best

years of your career might sail by.

LACK OF

AMBITION may come back to haunt you

later in your career when you’re

being passed over for promotion

and struggling to improve your

earnings and workplace status.

5WORRY

ABOUT YOUR

limitations

If you assume you won't be considered

for more senior roles and as such,

don't apply for them, then what chance

have you got of moving up the ladder?

Let others decide whether you have the

necessary skills, qualifications and

experience to progress.


You need to go beyond

your comfort zone and fight for

the next opportunity.

6SIT TIGHT AND

WAIT FOR A

pay rise

IF YOU DON’T ASK,

YOU DON’T GET!

You need to take the bull

by the horns and demand an

improved contract or greater

responsibility in the workplace.

If your employer says no,

then at least you know where

you stand.


7WAIT FOR

YOUR TURN TO

progress

Don't assume there is an established

'pecking order' within your business and an

orderly queue for promotion.

If you're seen as someone who may have

leadership potential, you may be able to

secure a promotion before your natural turn.

• volunteering for extra

responsibilities

• finding a way to increase

efficiencies, and

• boosting revenue for your

organisation.

Ways to achieve this include:


8 SUCK UP TO

senior people

'SNAKE IN THE GRASS'.

It's easy enough to tell when people

are not being genuine and you'll

struggle to develop your career if

you're viewed as a

Being authentic is the best way to build

strong relationships in the workplace

and impress senior people within your

organisation.


9WORK TO LIVE,

don’t live to work

END UP IN

A JOB YOU HATE.

If all you care about is your social

life, then it's likely you're going to

have an unfulfilling career.

You could spend 40 hours a week in

the office, so the last thing you want

to do is

Aim for a career that appeals to

you and do something you enjoy to

avoid this nightmare scenario!


KNOW WHEN

to give up

You need to brush off the setbacks and

keep going, however long it takes.

If you have a clear idea of

what you want to achieve and

have put in the necessary

groundwork, somebody will

take a chance on you

eventually.


You just have to stick at it

until the opportunity comes

your way.

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