Marketing Your Career

Your career is not just going to build itself. It takes careful planning, strategizing, and know-how to achieve your career goals. Developing a career is like marketing, but instead, of selling goods or services, you’re selling your talents, your skills, and your ambitions. 

To make this happen, you can use several marketing tips that have  power to market yourself and build the career you want.

See six points here.

Research to Impress an Interviewer

There’s a reason that an interviewer will take time to talk about the company and its needs, beyond that described in the job posting. There are two parties involved, and they need to mesh together well early on.

By conducting extra research about the organization, you can develop answers to the hiring manager’s questions, and ask insightful questions of your own. If you can prove that you understand more about the company, you’ll stand out over the competition, leaving the manager with the sense that you are genuinely interested in the position. 

Find 5 things you should look into here:

Handle Your Post-Interview Wait

Your resume made it past the screening process, you completed the interview process, and now you’re just waiting to hear back. 

If you’re like many applicants, this waiting period can be brutal. You may find yourself checking your email and voicemail several times a day and even starting to second guess how well you think you did on the interview. While nothing will make this time go faster, it’s important to know that there are some things you can do to during this wait time to help you handle the stress.

See seven pointers to gain perspective here.

You Should Have an Exit Plan

We all get older and we get wiser. At some point we will 'exit' to retirement. Recognize that technologies are still evolving and the new hires are ikely more tech savy than you. 

Pay particular attention in the later part of your career to develop the ability mentor your ultimate replacements with your experience. Pass on your wisdom of how things work and let the younger apply their technology.

See points for a graceful career evolution here.