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CAREERS ADVICE Game Changers The start of a new year is a chance to take a fresh look at how you think about work. AUTHOR – Karen Young MANY people use the beginning of the year as an opportunity to reflect on their career and set a direction for the year ahead. While many may have started in new jobs, those who returned to their existing jobs may need renewed motivation. Here are my suggestions on how to refresh the way you think about work to set yourself up for success this year, as well as what your options are if you are craving a bigger career change. PAUSE AND REFLECT You should take time to reflect when you’re looking to refresh the way you think about your career ahead of you. Reflection is vital in helping you recognise your strengths and highlight your weaknesses, which in turn helps you make smarter decisions for the future. Areas to reflect on might include whether you met your personal objectives, new skills or qualifications you might have gained, responsibilities you took on or relationships you developed with internal and external stakeholders. By taking the time to reflect on what you have achieved so far, you will hopefully feel re-energised to progress further this year and beyond. Don’t forget to balance your achievements with identifying areas of growth, as this can also provide motivation to refresh how you approach your work. DUST OFF YOUR CAREER PLAN Once you’ve taken the time to reflect, addressing your current career plan is a good next step to take. Print off your career objectives and take a view as to whether they are still relevant to your skills, responsibilities and interests. You might decide that you need to be more proactive about sticking to them – or maybe it’s time to set some new ones that better reflect your role and direction you wish your career to take. If you decide to revise your objectives (or create new ones from scratch), make sure to sit down with your manager so you are both on the same page about your development. Hopefully having a clear sense of what you need to do to get to the next step in your career gives you the motivation you need to make a strong start to the year. FIND A MENTOR If you’re struggling to refresh the way you think about work by yourself, enlist the help of a mentor. A mentor will help you see the bigger picture of your role and be more objective about your career journey. Continue to seek support from your boss or manager but consider that their guidance often stems from more of an organisational perspective. Your mentor could be someone in your network whom you admire and look up to as a trusted advisor. They will likely be more experienced and have a great network. Perhaps start with an informal coffee to chat about your career goals and then follow up with regular check-ins to track your progress. (And don’t forget to check out the CICM’s Mentor Hub.) TAKE CONTROL Keeping your skills and knowledge up to date is incredibly rewarding and might be the missing ingredient to refreshing how you think about work. Upskilling has never been more important than it is currently, as credit functions are investing in new technology more than they ever have before. Keeping both your technical and soft skills up-to-date will help you make the best use of new technology entering the workplace and ensure successful progression through changing times. There are a variety of ways you can take ownership of your learning, whether it be through formal training programmes offered by your employer, listening to career podcasts, attending events or watching online bite-sized resources. Focus on absorbing as much as you can and applying this to your work. A final point to end on is the importance of being transparent about what you need from your career. If, after considering the above, you are still in need of a career change, have an honest conversation with your manager and let them know that you are no longer fulfilled by your role. They might be able to suggest alternative options for you to continue your development. This could be a chance to get involved with projects or change management programmes as organisations go through digital transformation for example. This could also give you the direction you need to look for new internal or external opportunities. Karen Young is a Director at Hays Credit Management. Advancing the credit profession / www.cicm.com / March 2020 / PAGE 32
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