Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Managing Your Career
by Hal Lancaster
(WSJ, 6Feb96)
[excerpt]
Gregory Wingfield, president of the Greater Richmond Partnership, the economic development arm for the Richmond, Va., area, has been thinking about how people can decide whether their jobs have a future. He says to ask yourself these questions:
- Is your boss well regarded and on the way up in the organization?
- How much time do your superiors spend with you developing your skills?
- Do you still feel challenged by your job? Are you still learning?
- How does the company view you? Does your pay compare favorably to others of comparable experience and skills? Have you been passed over for promotions? Do your bosses listen to - and act on - your recommendations?
- Is your company a growing market leader in an industry with a long-term future? Does it aggressively develop new products or rest on past laurels?
It wouldn't be a bad idea to file this list of questions and revisit it every year about this time.
by Hal Lancaster
(WSJ, 6Feb96)
[excerpt]
Gregory Wingfield, president of the Greater Richmond Partnership, the economic development arm for the Richmond, Va., area, has been thinking about how people can decide whether their jobs have a future. He says to ask yourself these questions:
- Is your boss well regarded and on the way up in the organization?
- How much time do your superiors spend with you developing your skills?
- Do you still feel challenged by your job? Are you still learning?
- How does the company view you? Does your pay compare favorably to others of comparable experience and skills? Have you been passed over for promotions? Do your bosses listen to - and act on - your recommendations?
- Is your company a growing market leader in an industry with a long-term future? Does it aggressively develop new products or rest on past laurels?
It wouldn't be a bad idea to file this list of questions and revisit it every year about this time.
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