Must Read!!! Top 5 Best Practices To Achieve Career Growth

By Lilian Wamaitha 

When it comes to careers some movements make sense. According to Melody Mwendwa, a Professional Career Coach at Corporate Staffing Limited, she says that it’s good news when a candidate has been in company for so many years and has managed to climb the ranks within time. This is positive career growth.

However it’s alarming to see a candidate who has been in the same position for let’s say four years. The question here becomes why? Job hopping on the other side is even worse. No hiring manager wants to see a candidate who has worked for four different companies within a period of four years. A hiring manager is unlikely to invest in you based on the fact that you seem like the kind of person who will never hold down a job for long.

That said what are the best ways to make positive career growth this year?

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Ways To Ensure Career Growth

Have you ever wanted to make a lasting impact in your job that will define who you will be in the next few years? You can start by rethinking a career move that will ensure career growth. Here is how you get to that.

1. Water what you already planted

The best way for career growth is to bloom what you already planted – that job you currently have. This is the right time to demonstrate your prowess in other areas outside your designation.

Ensure you perfect certain skills that no one else has in the office which will make management rethink of hiring any other person.

2. Strive for success

If you can’t manage to kick ass at your current job by demonstrating other talents, then start by taking more leadership roles. Volunteer to oversee that new project coming up in the company. Talk with your boss about the possibility of them allowing you to sharpen your leadership skills by putting you in charge of a team.

3. Network for positive career growth

Get to know the key players in your company as well as industry. Network with them. Let them know that you are looking for other opportunities that will ensure career growth for you.

However don’t be that kind of person who just asks without giving anything in return. Find out what you have that you can offer then and then ask them for that cup of coffee as you discuss the strategies of moving forward as a team.

4. Make a calculated career move

Life becomes easier if you know where you want your career to be in the next five years. Make a plan and how you will get there. An appropriate career growth plan would include things like gaining new skills in your industry, taking up new roles in the company or achieving certain milestones in your career.

From there you are able to take steps towards success.

5. Use your talents to achieve career growth

We all have talents that can successfully launch your career in a whole new direction.

For instance if you are a writer, you can make your life worth it by starting a blog. This is a good ways of achieving career growth and it’s a good investment in the future.

Make use of what you already have to become successful. You will be way ahead in a couple of years than that person who is just stuck to performing their roles diligently in the office.

When it comes to career growth, it’s a questions of what you want to achieve career wise. When you answer this critical question, only then can you take that leap of faith towards a bright career path.

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Lilian is a Communications Officer at Career Point Kenya. Email; lilian@www.careerpointkenya.co.ke