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Return To Careers Article Archive   Career Advancement Tune-Up . . . How To Invest in Your Future! By Paul Megan Its time for a career advancement tune-up if youre focusing too much on your job at the expense of your career. Keeping your future in perspective is critical if you have any plans to advance yourself. Especially if you see yourself moving into the job market sometime in the months ahead. The secret to your future growth is to invest right now in building your contact bank. Thats your network of key people in your business and industry. These are relationships that extend beyond your current position. For example, maintaining an ongoing communication with customers and vendors. When you take this career advancement tune-up recommendation and make this investment starting right now, youll find, when it comes time to make your move that these contacts will become you greatest source of leads and opportunities. One committed job hunter said that in his next job he plans to create a spreadsheet that tracks his monthly efforts to stay in touch with key people in his network. He found himself getting buried in his current job and losing the sense of the bigger picture which included in personal career advancement. So, nows the time to give yourself a career advancement tune-up. And here are six questions to ask yourself to make sure youre properly investing in your future growth. 1. What did you do to enhance your visibility or worth last year? 2. How many new people did you meet? 3. How many of them did you make part of your contact bank or network? 4. Did you join a new association or professional group? 5. Did you talk to any headhunters? 6. Did you do any research on other businesses in your industry? If youre like most dedicated employees with your nose to grindstone, its unlikely you did much, if any, of this kind of investment in your future. But, nows the time to recommit yourself to your career with this career advancement tune-up recommendation: Get out of survival mode and lift up our head and think, 'What can I do for my career?' The good news is that you dont have to do it alone or without a sense of direction. Those of us who are committed to breaking through the old-fashioned, traditional ways of thinking about career and job search are excited by the innovative 21st Century alternate job search and non-traditional career advancement strategies. When you incorporate these amazing techniques in you career investment plans, youll find that youre remarkably prepared for making an intelligent decision about how and when to get into the job marketplace. Its a different marketplace from the last time you were there . . . filled with different expectations and needs And one where the old-fashioned methods just dont work anymore. Dont implement your career advancement tune-up without these tools! About the Author: Paul Megan writes for EEI, the world-class pioneer in alternative job search techniques and non-traditional career advancement strategies . . since 1985. Grab our stunning FREE REPORT: 'How To Find A Job In As Little As 14 Days!' Click on RSS for instant info! http://www.fastest-job-searchcom keywords: Career | Careers | Jobs

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