{"id":8507,"date":"2008-12-10T05:50:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/10\/10-tips-for-your-career\/"},"modified":"2008-12-10T05:50:24","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T11:50:24","slug":"10-tips-for-your-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=8507","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips For Your Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Ada Denis<\/div>\n<p>The best career advice I can offer is to always think about the long-term. When planning your career, it&#8217;s usually best to think about the long-term outcome rather than focusing on a short-term gain.<\/p>\n<p>Also, when it comes to career advice, always consider the source. There is far too much career information available that comes from people who don&#8217;t know what they are talking about. Look out for people who are advising you about the &#8220;hottest jobs of the year&#8221; and other here-today-gone-tomorrow advice that focuses on the short-term and simply reflects their opinion, not fact.<\/p>\n<p>Here are ten rules to live by when planning your career:<\/p>\n<p>1. I will constantly update my resume so that I am always ready to apply for a job when it arises. <\/p>\n<p>2. I won&#8217;t change jobs simply for more money. If I wanted more money I&#8217;d ask for a raise.<\/p>\n<p>3. I will take the advice of others with a grain of salt and always remember that it&#8217;s my career not theirs. <\/p>\n<p>4. I will always try to keep learning and will constantly look for opportunities to improve my skills. <\/p>\n<p>5. I will always remember the importance of a good work life balance. <\/p>\n<p>6. I will take control of my career and any job search I undertake and will not rely on other people to do it for me. <\/p>\n<p>7. I will not allow other people to waste my time sitting at my desk talking to me when they have nothing better to do or by making me attend meaningless meetings. <\/p>\n<p>8. I will learn how to say &#8220;no&#8221; when people try to get me to do their work for them. <\/p>\n<p>9. I will always properly prepare for interviews well in advance and will not just show up and &#8220;wing it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>10. I understand that while jobs are usually won and lost during the interview stage, the reference checking stage is not a moot point and that there is such thing as a bad reference. I will always properly manage my references and will ensure they know what jobs I&#8217;m applying for before using them as references.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'><a href=\"http:\/\/online-career-guru.blogspot.com\">Career Counselling<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-career-guru.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/how-to-get-perfect-career.html\">How to get a perfect career<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best career advice I can offer is to always think about the long-term. When planning your career, it&#8217;s usually best to think about the long-term outcome rather than focusing on a short-term gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2503,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-8507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers","tag-careers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}