Everyone’s life can be described in a short sentence. What is your “sentence?” How you plan to get there?

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Career Management

Essay Assignment

Everyone’s life can be described in a sentence. What is your sentence? How do you plan to get there?

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Definition of “Career”

The etymology of the term comes from the Latin word carerra, which means “race” A career is an individual’s course or progress through life Career management involves proactive measures to plan and execute phases of a career

Facets of a Career

Personal satisfaction Professional recognition Professional certification Higher education Remunerative work

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History of Careers

In the past one would inherit or take up a lifelong position in the workforce Concept of career had no meaning Late 20th century - range of potential professions were available with education Possible to plan or design a career

Foundations of a Career

Enthusiasm Flexibility Commitment Confidence

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Enthusiasm

Doing a job with passion vs. doing a job because you have to Self-fulfillment, engagement, meaning, success Find a job you love, and you will never have to work another day in your life How does one find this job?

Flexibility

Business needs problem solvers Flexibility in job tasks, duties responsibilities Flexibility in locations Ability to learn new skills Abacus - mechanical calculators Excel spreadsheets - Cognos data mining

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Commitment: The 10,000 Hour Rule

10,000 hours of work coupled with a case of being in the right places at the right time, explains why most highly successful people are successful

Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers: The Story of Success

Take the first step Show interest in others Be socially generous Appreciation - Connection Elevation - Enlightenment Focus on the other person

Confidence

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Acronyms for a Successful Business Career Ranked in Importance

S.O.U. - sense of urgency M.A. - mental attitude E.Q. - energy quotient B.S. - bachelor of science

Get Your Priorities Right

Dump your boyfriend Close out your facebook account Turn off your cell phone (you don’t call me, I call you) Get to work - look at your life, look at your choices

Guarda la tua vita et guarda le tue scelte

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80,000 Foot View Google Maps

If you were to view your life from a distance, and could see where you have been and where you are headed . . . In what direction would you like to see yourself head?

Start With The End

If you don’t make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in your career Then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your career by default Every end has a start

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The Managed Career of Will Smith

1980s - Modest success as a rapper Early 1990s - Starred in popular TV series Mid 1990s - Transitioned from TV to film Only actor in history to have 8 consecutive films gross over $100 million in the U.S. Called the “most powerful actor on the planet”

Career Management Lessons from Will Smith

Have your first significant other cheat on you Think big and forget about

plan B Develop a broad and

deep library of books

Be a student of universal patterns

There is nothing you’ve

been successful at that you didn’t work at every day