How To Protect Your Job 2
Those who manage their careers well will find it much easier to protect their job against possible redundancy. I know that is not much comfort if you are fearing redundancy and are not proactive in managing your career but before we discuss instant solutions let’s look at what career management means and how it can assist you in the long term.
The most effective form of career management is one in which you work to an action plan that has clearly defined goals and a strategy for getting there. Setting your goals requires you to be aware of your potential and to have evaluated what you want to achieve in your career. This in turn requires a thorough appraisal of your skills, interests and personal qualities, something that is not easy to do on your own but with which a Career Energy professional will be glad to help you.
Career management is a lifelong process. We recommend that you revisit your goals and plan at least once a year and that you have clearly defined, timetabled action points. This means that should your job become at risk due to the economy, or other factors beyond your control, you will at least know what your next steps are.
Good career management helps you to deal with impending redundancy because it helps you to turn a crisis into an opportunity. Being threatened with job loss provides the catalyst for you to implement the next stage in your career plan. Whether or not you can implement this next stage however may well depend on the wider economic climate.
Which brings us back to the question of what else you can do to protect your job if you have not managed your career fully, or if your action plan is vulnerable in the current climate.
In many ways the actions that you need to take are little different from those you would implement if you were angling for a promotion. You need to be visible, and your achievements need to be recognised. It doesn’t matter how well you perform if those who make the decisions are not aware of what you are doing. But at the same time, if you blow your own trumpet too loudly, you run the risk of putting peoples’ backs up and alienating them.
In the third part of this blog we will look at how to project yourself visibly at work, and the other strategies that will encourage your company to retain you if they are forced to implement a round of redundancies.
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