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Managing Your Career
John Sullivan is a working project manager who writes and speaks on project and career issues.
Your most important project may be your career. It requires the same priority and follow-up as any project and you must take the initiative to actively manage it. Here are seven simple suggestions to help you get started:
Record a Daily Accomplishment
At the end of each day write down one accomplishment and a note explaining its significance. You won’t have a huge achievement every day but small actions like choosing a vendor or escalating an issue add up to accomplishments. The key is interpreting the value your work adds to the organization.
I use a spreadsheet for this because it allows me to do custom sorts and filters to help identify accomplishments for my performance review. My spreadsheet has a date column on the left and the top row has fields for each project, my daily accomplishment and the significance of the work: how it cut costs, met a milestone, etc. I also track non-project items like “Continuing Education” and “Leadership” so I can cite specific examples during performance reviews.
Keep Your Resume 80% Current
Have the basic content in place–past job history, current position and some recent accomplishments–but leave that last 20 percent undone and use it to customize your resume for the specific position you are seeking.
Use the accomplishments from your daily list as a personal &…
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