IS YOUR CAREER ON THE RIGHT TRACK?

IS YOUR CAREER ON THE RIGHT TRACK?

·        Like a financial plan, you also need to review your career portfolio regularly.

·        This will enable you to navigate correctly to reach your professional goals.

1. Your career is galloping if

·        You are happy with your latest appraisal which is favourable.

·        You have received a good promotion in the past 3 years and doing better than your peers.

·        You have achieved your current position by beating the time frame that you had planned.

·        Your salary is well ahead of your level of peers according to industry standards.

·        You have pursued and attended training courses in the past 2 years.

·        You have allocated about 10% of your salary towards learning new skills.

·        Your boss trusts your work and only checks the end result, while you handle the projects alone.

·        You have helped out quite a few colleagues on their various projects.

·        You always propose some ideas in a meeting and a few of them even get implemented.

·        You’re really enjoying your work and have a well-thought out strategy in place.

·        You’re intent on building a strong network among colleagues, a keen learner and willing to put in effort to remain ahead in your field.

2. You’re currently comfortable but losing work passion if

·        You are worried about a few points in your latest appraisal.

·        Your last promotion was in name only but nothing much has changed on ground.

·        You have achieved your current promotion within the time frame you thought you would be.

·        You’re taking home a comfortable salary for your level according to industry standards.

·        You have been reading a lot of books on different subjects, but have not attended any course during the past 2 years.

·        You have allocated about 5% of your salary towards learning new skills.

·        You handle some projects alone, but usually approach a senior colleague to help you out.

·        You have contributed to other people’s work a few times when asked.

·        You usually have to rack your brains during a meeting to come up with an idea.

·        You would like to experiment in another area where you feel that your skills can be better utilized.

3. You’re complacent at work and becoming obsolete if

·        Your latest appraisal is unflattering and you are unhappy about it.

·        You have not got a promotion in the last 3 years and feel that it is too early to get one.

·        You do not feel the need to have a career plan for higher positions.

·        You do not know the industry standards for assessing whether your salary is appropriate.

·        You did not have the time to pursue any course during the last 2 years, nor intend to.

·        You feel that devoting a portion of your salary towards learning new skills is a waste of money.

·        You don’t handle projects alone and someone is always there looking over your shoulder.

·        You have lots of advice to give to colleagues but are not inclined to make the effort.

·        You are brimming with ideas in a meeting, but nobody is ready to listen to them.

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