Keeping Your Job

Sled_dogs “If you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes” – Anonymous

I’ve spent so much time providing advice and leads to people looking for a job that I’ve actually not thought about those who want to keep the job they’ve got. If you’ve worked long enough you’ve seen someone (or know someone) who has lost their job. If the company goes bankrupt, not much you can do, but there are many things you can do to keep from going to the top of “the List”. Some people implode, explode, lose their edge, lose their ambition and lose their job as a result. Downsizing is a difficult process to live through (and survive), but even in the best of times there are people who lose their jobs for the wrong reasons and for wrong actions (or lack of action) that could have possibly kept their jobs had they focused on a few basics. Yes, many times nothing you do is going to help, but it helps your state of mind if you’ve done everything you can to keep your job. And who knows, maybe these tips will help you keep the job you’ve got.

Keeping Your Job:

Top Ten Tips: How To Keep Your Job In Today’s Economy – This article, from About.com, provides ten useful tips for keeping the job you’ve got. From Don’t Do Poorly to “I’m just happy to have a job”, these tips will give you some of what you’ll need to keep your job in tough times. There are additional links at the bottom for related articles such as “How to Make Your Current Job Work”.

How to keep your job – This bit of advice, from CNNMoney.com, provides additional advice for keeping your job and provides some practical examples. Accepting lower pay is one of the suggestions which, while better than having no job or money, is an alternative most of us really don’t want to consider. But, less pay is better than no pay. Hopefully, these strategies will help you keep your job.

Ten Signs You Should Keep Your Job – So suppose you were thinking about looking for a job but were not sure if you should make a move. This article, by Monster.com, provides the tell-tale signs that let you know you should stay where you are. The article also provides some additional pointers on how to improve your work situation.

Improving Your Job:

CAREER Model for Career Development Success – This model, from Careerdoctor.org, conveniently creating an acronym from Career to layout the steps for your career development. The CAREER steps are fairly fundamental once you’ve read them, but without them (or something like them) you are unlikely to come up with a focused action plan. Additional resources are available via additional links. The concept of Career Coach is also discussed (and this is a personal choice).

How To Get Promoted : 9 Obvious And Often Not Practiced Tips – What about keeping your job and getting ahead as well? This article, from Career-Success-for-newbies.com, tells you how you can get promoted (with obvious but little used tips!). In addition to providing this advice, this site is geared towards newly minted job seekers (and those in entry level jobs). Additionally, there are a number of links at the bottom of the page that provide even more resources for improving your job and career.

Developing a Strategic Vision for Your Career Plan – Last, but certainly not least, is an article on strategic planning for your career. The article, by Quintcareers.com, covers topics like career changes, reflecting on your career, Career Planning Exercises and long term career planning. Best of all are all of the links at the bottom of the article which provide additional resources for career planning.

Good luck in your search.