Boost Your Career Before the Clock Strikes Midnight

As 2022 prepares to draw to a close, many professionals want to set their sights ahead and find ways to boost their careers. Fortunately, there are steps you can take right away that get you headed in the right direction. If you’re trying to choose New Year’s resolutions or simply want to close out 2022 on the best possible note, here are some options.

Make New Connections

Networking is regularly touted as a key to ongoing professional success, and with good reason. As a result, resolving to expand your network by making new connections is worthwhile.

Ideally, you want to pick a specific, measurable target to make the process less overwhelming. For instance, committing to reaching out to one new person with potential every two weeks may feel manageable. You could also resolve to attend a certain number of networking events during the year.

The idea here is to forge new connections regularly. By doing so, you may gain access to opportunities that would otherwise be out of reach.

Touch Base with Your Network

Similar to the point above, keeping your existing connections strong is essential for ensuring you’ll have support when it’s time to advance your career. Resolving to reach out to two existing contacts each week – even if it’s a short message on social media to touch base – prevents these relationships from falling by the wayside.

When you reach out, focus on seeing how the other person is doing and offering them support. By creating opportunities for you to help them or simply get an update, you’ll come across better than if you only touch base when you need assistance.

Set Professional Goals

While resolving to create goals may seem odd, it’s a wise choice if you want to boost your career. Goal-setting isn’t limited to specific times of the year. Instead, it’s an ongoing activity that you should embrace at all times.

Commit to creating one career-boosting, well-defined goal before the start of the new year. Then, plan to review your progress regularly and choose new targets as the need arises. That keeps you moving forward regardless of the month showing on the calendar, which is genuinely ideal.

Target a Skill

In many cases, professionals can identify skills that can serve them well in their careers. It could be based on skill gaps in your current team or capabilities that are necessary to move up into a higher-level position.

In either case, choose a specific skill to target. Next, take the time to see what resources are available for improving your abilities in that arena. Consider job-provided training, mentorship opportunities, formal education, self-directed learning, or any other pathway. By doing so, you can see what it’ll take to head in that direction before the end of the year, allowing you to pursue skill development confidently in 2023.


Ultimately, all of the options above can make moving up in your field easier. If you’d like to learn more or are interested in a career-boosting new job, The Squires Group wants to hear from you. Contact us today.


 


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