Tip of the Week
KEEP YOUR SKILLS FRESH
This week I’m going to encourage you to start to look for ways to keep your skills fresh. Even passive job seekers find themselves in roles in their companies where they are not doing what they want to be doing. For example, a java developer may be asked to lead a team and they get so swamped with the administration of that team that they don’t get to code anymore.
So, what can you do to keep your skills fresh?
First, decide which skills are the ones that you want to maintain. You might be really good at bookkeeping but you really enjoy managing people.
Then you need to start to look for opportunities where you can continue to use those skills. You can volunteer. You can offer to help small businesses get up and running. You can start your own side consulting business. You can take classes. Trust me the opportunities are out there. You may not always get paid for your efforts but if you don’t get your skills up to date you won’t get hired for the jobs that you want.
A sales person may offer to help a company launch their sales program on a commission basis. A programmer may build their own website. A project manager may offer to manage a group or volunteer project. A bookkeeper may help small businesses balance their taxes.
If you are looking for an opportunity to keep your skills fresh but you aren’t sure how to do it. Please email me and I’ll be happy to start offering suggestions.
If you aren’t doing what you would love to do as a career every single day. Then you need to be finding ways to do improve that skillset so you can start doing it tomorrow.
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