If you really want to “build a career”, you cannot do without constant self-education and a career strategy. Moreover, often a career strategy comes down to getting the right education and, of course, the manifestation of will and determination.
The more detailed your own training plan is developed, the more carefully thought out, the better the result.
“If you want education to really help build a career, it is advisable to take into account several important aspects when planning,” said Natalya Storozhevaya, whose advice on how to study in order to grow professionally is published by Work.ua.
Natalya identifies seven such aspects. To follow them means to prepare in advance for those moments in the process of work, when the accumulated experience, knowledge, connections, influence allow you to make a “career breakthrough” and go to the next step in terms of responsibility, position level, and company status.
1. The educational process should be logical and consistent.
If your resume in the “education” section indicates: a building technical school, an economics faculty of a technical university, sales training, video editing courses and a certificate in Turkish, then it’s not clear to the employer which career you’d like to build for 15 years.
2. For a vertical career (growth in position), combine industry and management education
That is, consciously prepare yourself for leadership. For example, if you plan to be a HR director, you would like to have the following “set”:
higher education in the field of psychology;
higher management education;
additional education in the field of labor law;
It is advisable to receive training in business communications and negotiations.
3. For a horizontal career (achievement of industry expertise), expand the range of industry knowledge
Suppose you want to become an expert in finance. In this case, it is necessary to consistently and comprehensively study all industry aspects:
financial planning;
Ukrainian and international reporting;
Management Accounting;
budgeting;
investment models.
4. Combine theoretical and practical blocks of education
A balanced combination of theory and practice in the learning process allows you to absorb information more fully. When choosing short-term courses or trainings, pay attention to whether there are practical tasks, case studies, business games in the curriculum.
Choosing trainings, do not exchange for "simpler and cheaper", let him be one, but the best, from a recognized specialist and master in his field. When planning management or industry education, consider certified business schools with high ratings and good references.
5. The educational process should be continuous
Try to keep yourself in an “intellectual tone” all the time, do not take long breaks in your studies. This does not mean that you need to be an “eternal student” and constantly move from one university to another. It is important to keep fit, discipline yourself, develop a habit of self-education. Plan your education annually, “send yourself” to study every fall and spring.
6. Use different formats
Alternate academic education and short-term courses, online programs and on-site training, participate in conferences and round tables, attend long language courses and one-day master classes by foreign lecturers. In addition to new knowledge, this will sharpen perception, train reactions, actualize various skills: working with large volumes of information, sociability, presentation skills, analytical skills.
7. Build business contacts
In the learning process, people constantly communicate, contact increases, and many new faces appear around: lecturers, trainers, teachers, fellow students. Meet and chat with people, share experiences. Remember, next to you are the same as you, that is, active, ambitious, hardworking people. Perhaps one of them is your future employer, colleague or business partner. New business connections are very useful for career development and achieving high results in the profession, because every new person is a new experience and new opportunities.
To set such "points" in a career can be very arbitrary. After all, life always makes adjustments to our plans, but it is simply necessary to plan and schedule them. Education is an investment in your own future, and you need to do it very correctly. Work.ua wishes you new achievements.
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