More Tips to Recession Proof Your Career
Ron from The Cube Monkey shared some great tips on how to recession proof your career and yourself. Among the tips that resonated with me:
#3: Add 120% value and promote yourself
#6: Be nice (defined as helping other members of the team and motivating to be around)
Phil’s note: I especially resonate with #6! The old saying about nice guys finishing last should really read “Nice guys get fired last!” especially with the way you define nice as someone is motivating to be around!
Read the whole article, and read the one about how to Recession Proof your 2008 by Dr. Susan Reid.
Ron also asked what we’d add to his list great list.
One tip I would add:
#7: Become known as an expert in your field.
You can do this by writing articles, doing presentations and seminars, and by getting more involved in your professional organization. That way, in case the unthinkable happens, you’ve got folks around you that know your quality work and can help you find a job, that are outside of your organization.
What about you? How do you recommend recession proofing YOUR career?
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6 opinions for More Tips to Recession Proof Your Career
Steve Roesler
Jan 16, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Phil,
Thanks for the reference to Ron’s post as well as your own suggestion about being known as an “expert”.
If someone is working voluntarily on behalf of a professional organization, chances are (s)he may also be the cheerleader who already goes the extra mile at work.
Given the uncertainty out there right now, this info is all good.
Ron
Jan 17, 2008 at 7:24 am
Phil,
Thanks for the trackback and the mention in your article. I’ve noticed that most of my traffic the past few days has been to the article “Six Steps…to a Recession-proof Career”. Many readers came directly from Slacker Manager but many, many came from Google searching.
There seems to be a lot of worry in the market now. As a heads up, I’m working on a few more articles to address this topic. It seems timely and I want to help calm fears and craft strategies to successfully navigate wherever the economy takes us.
All the best,
Ron
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Jan 17, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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Anita Bruzzese
Jan 17, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I think this goes along with your #7 of becoming an expert in your field….You can become the “troubleshooter.” If you’re the “go-to” person when things start to go off the tracks, you’ll always be very valuable. You don’t want to be a doormat, of course, dumped with all the bad stuff, but being able to step in and keep it all from going down the dumper will not only endear you to everyone, but help develop your reputation as a key player.
Anita Bruzzese
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Phil Gerbyshak
Jan 17, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Steve - Glad you enjoyed the article. I thought it was very thought-provoking, and definitely agree with your assessment that someone who goes the extra mile outside of work is also more likely to do so inside of work. I know that’s true of me.
Ron - You’re right, recession is a big topic these days. Very timely, and very nicely done article! Thanks for writing it!
Anita - No dumping doormats here, just solution finder! That’s what we all get paid to do, right? Find solutions, not point at problems. Thanks for sharing!
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