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15/02/2014

15/02/2014

What is a career?

Your career should develop during your life, but you need to actively set goals, and develop a strategy to control its course. Career management will guide, direct and influence your career path

15/02/2014

Resilience can be one of the keys to successful career development. The ability to cope with the ups and downs in life is very important during the process of deciding on a career and finding fulfilling education, training and employment.

Many people spend 12 or 13 years at school trying to fit in. After about ten years putting in the hours in the classroom, you get asked “What do you want to do with your life?” Lots of people shrug and think to themselves “You've been keeping me so busy here with homework and tests, I haven't really had a moment to give it too much thought”. Others look around and think "What are my friends doing? Maybe I should do that?"

Selecting an area to work in is a tricky business. Since many careers require you to work about 40 hours a week, this is a big chunk of your life – about 23.8 %. Over a 40 year career, it adds up to a whopping 76,800 hours. If you didn't think this decision could be worth taking some time over, think again.

In nature nothing grows forever. There is a cycle of growth for trees, waves, cyclones, wheat and careers. Most jobs have their ups and downs - days of glory and days of despair.

To make it even more tricky, many people end up in jobs that have little resemblance to the position they started with. So that's good news. Most people don't stick to the career choice they made as a school student.
Resilience

Resilience is the happy knack of bungy jumping through the pitfalls of life. Rising above hardship and adversity. As you set out on planning your career it is worth thinking about a few key issues.
Pick an industry you are interested in

Brains are useful but passion is essential for success. Most people don’t stay in the same job they start with, but they often stay in the same area of endeavour. Find an industry or area of life you can believe in. Doesn't matter if its healthcare, hotels or hat making.
Think about what you like doing and do more of it

Success is often about figuring out what you like and are good at and doing more of it. It's also handy to think about what you really can’t stand doing and try not to do that.
A job is just a job

Some people have an expectation of the work place that they should belong, have a sense of being cared for or that their work colleagues will be a kind of second family for them. Sure it's great if you make friends with people through work, but don't rely on it.
Many roads lead to the same place

In school a lot of emphasis is placed on getting good marks as a way of succeeding in life. Good marks help, but in many areas of life there are other ways of achieving great outcomes. Look around for opportunities to gain experience in areas that are relevant to what you want to do.
Don't be swayed by negative people

People will gladly tell you why you can't do something. Opinions about why something is not possible for you will get tossed around by your family, your friends and maybe even some of your teachers. Once you've set a goal for yourself, stay focused on the goal you want and let others do the worrying about all the obstacles. Never lose sight of your dreams.

15/02/2014

A career includes all the roles you undertake throughout your life - education, training, paid and unpaid work, family, volunteer work, leisure activities and more.

"Career" was traditionally associated with paid employment and referred to a single occupation. In today's world the term career is seen as a continuous process of learning and development. Activities that contribute to a career can include:

training
education
employment
work experience
community activities
enterprise activities
employment
different life roles
volunteer work
leisure activities

Constantly changing world of work

Rapid changes in information and communication technologies, increasing globalisation, and greater competition, are all contributing to a dramatic change in working life, which will have an impact on your career. The concept of a job for life is no longer a reality. Young people now are likely to experience five to eight major career changes in their lives in a variety of industry sectors. They will also be experiencing more fluid forms of working with increasing casual, contract and part-time work options.

Many people are also increasingly looking for work/life balance in their lives. They want to maintain the best balance between the hours they spend in paid work and the time devoted to other roles in their lives such as leisure and home and family life.

In this new climate, individuals need to be adaptable, dynamic, innovative, flexible, resilient, self-initiating and collaborative to accommodate and thrive in workplaces, or to create work for themselves.

People need to be proactive life/career managers actively engaged in learning throughout life. Life long learning is now the norm and will be an integral part of workplaces of the future. It is critical for people to manage their life, learning, and work if they are to successfully navigate their way around a dynamic and complex economic landscape.
Career Choices

Making the best career choices involves:

knowing yourself - what you like (your interests), what you are good at (your skills and abilities), what is important to you (values)
getting to understand the world of work - what’s out there
learning how to make informed decisions
finding out how to achieve objectives.

13/02/2014

A career in marketing can take you in several different directions. Marketing is comprised of many facets and activities. You will find that there are many opportunities in marketing, is there a career path that is right for you? Explore the different career opportunities and decide which one fits you best.

Overview of Careers in Marketing
Careers in Advertising
Careers in Brand Management
Careers in Market Research
Careers in Public Relations

Overview of Careers in Marketing

There are many options to careers in marketing, but how do you know which one is right for you? Marketing can be defined as being the intermediary function between product development and sales. Think of it as the storehouse for such things as advertising, public relations, media planning, sales strategy, and more. It's the marketing professionals job to create, manage, and enhance brands.

Breaking Into the Career Field of Marketing
Marketing vs. Advertising: What's the Difference?
How Do You Know if a Marketing Career is Right for You?

13/02/2014

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