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Creating a Gem of a Career

Fast Company offers a very realistic view of the best habits to expand your career opportunities.

They suggest that you use the power of social networking and free flowing nature of personal information to your advantage. Build a network of really great friends and keep up regular contact.

Understand that anyone can find out the intimate details of your life that you or anyone else posted online. What does this mean? You should deeply understand who you are what you want from your life. In the future, employers and partners will be directly targeting potential hires, instead of posting and waiting (the Web 1.0 way).

Labor trends point to the increasing importance of adaptability. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average worker currently holds 10 different jobs before hitting age 40. Job tenures now hover around four years.

Employees are more willing to pursue the next opportunity because they know that different responsibilities, people and situations will energize them in new ways. People are no longer looking for the holy grail of jobs; they want new experiences and new learning opportunities. They want to experiment with their careers. Society promotes career experimentation as highly desirable.

Interesting people care. Everyone has a few passions in their life, which they pursue relentlessly and love to talk about incessantly. In an ever growing sea of famous people not only do you need to be interesting, you need to be remarkable.

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Comment from rinelle
Time: August 17, 2008, 7:47 pm

thank you for this posting… i was moved by the last paragraph and it gave me the perspective that i was looking for.

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