Please remember that as you undertake the process of starting a career makeover that there are two paths a person can take. One is to look at a career or organizational change to maximize your earnings potential and increase your responsibility. Sometimes it is necessary to move to a new company to jump start your career.
If you decide to take the other path, which is to increase marketability, in your current company it can be a fruitful one. At times employees become disconnected from processes, or the type of work being performed. At times there are changes to key management positions and you may feel off balance with a new leadership team.
One thing that can help improve marketability and add depth to the skills you possess, is to seek out training. It takes courage and gumption to step out of a comfort zone and look for training on topics you don't have a lot of knowledge in. It will pay off and you can be used more often to complete departmental projects.
Here are some training topics you can look into;
1) Time management-This class decreases bad stress and increases good stress. It will help show how to prioritize tasks, multi-task, and complete assignments in a timely fashion. Time management training will teach you to minimize distractions which can prevent you from completing important tasks. This topic shows you ways to schedule typical office distractions. Things like answering e-mail and voice mail can be scheduled which will maximize your individual effectiveness.
2) Communication-Effectively learn to communicate with internal and external customers. Learn key methods of communication in today's office including consensus, negotiation, managing conflicts, and being concise and succinct. Learning to communicate verbally, non-verbally, using e-mail and instant messaging, blogging, sending proper text messages, using social media, and using the phone with proper etiquette should be covered because these are specific ways communication is handled today.
3) Sales-Learn the art of selling. This is an uncomfortable topic for people because not everybody is comfortable trying to get a sale out of customers. Selling a service or product effectively to help increase revenue is necessary to increase an organization's life span. This class will show that sales involves more than receiving orders. It is also alerting customers to new industry trends, standards, processes, and events like conferences. Uncovering opportunities is another piece of selling. Asking the correct open and closed probes is key in guiding a customer to a sale or uncovering needs clients may not even know they have.
As this topic of career makeovers continues some time will be spent reviewing the types of technological classes available. In the meantime show initiative and seek out training to help balance your career to avoid prolonged ruts.
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