Career Development is a Personal Responsibility

Career Development is a Personal Responsibility

Who do you think is responsible for developing your career? Depending on who you ask, there is disagreement about whether it should be the responsibility of an individual or an employer.

My opinion: The responsibility for career development starts with the individual and evolves into a partnership with the employer. Over eleven years ago, I made a conscious decision to step into an extremely rewarding career. From the beginning, I took personal responsibility for my career path by investing in my personal and professional growth. My efforts led to four major promotions to my current role as a branch manager. It certainly does not end there for me.

As a branch manager, I’ve seen first hand that standing still in any job, regardless of your position, means becoming bored and demotivated. To stay motivated, we need to continually self-develop, push our own boundaries, step out of our comfort zones and promote ourselves in terms of goals, next steps and self-development. Here is how I’ve maintained a rewarding career and secured major promotions.

The strategies described above will help you to be intentional about goal setting but remember, you must demonstrate your skills through activities that will get you recognized. Drop me a line and let me know your thoughts on career development.

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    Gaylan Wright

    This is very insightful! The way you write makes the career development process much clearer for me to understand!