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Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone<\/strong>
\nGet comfortable doing the things that make you uncomfortable! While it might seem counterintuitive, the early stages of your career are the best times to take a risk. Everything is about learning, and you have so much space to make mistakes and get right back up and start over.
\nA comfort zone busting habit can be something small but should be routine. Think about pushing yourself to do one \u201cstretch thing\u201d a week and jot a reminder in your calendar to keep yourself accountable. This can be any number of things \u2014 maybe you ask the new girl out to lunch or raise your ideas in a meeting you\u2019re normally silent at.<\/p>\n3. Giving and Taking Constructive Feedback<\/strong>
\nTaking constructive feedback gracefully demonstrates maturity and the ability to grow professionally. You\u2019ll also be practicing your own leadership skills if you work on how you deliver feedback to colleagues. The best employees are those that make a team\u2019s success their responsibility and take it upon themselves to shape the output of a group with constructive feedback.
\nDid a colleague knock it out of the park on a presentation? Let her know if you hear the client say something impressive about her! Struggling to get along with a colleague over a deadline? Being able to articulate and resolve challenging relationships in a team environment is one of the best skills you can develop early in your career.
\n(Crucial Conversations is a classic on this topic and provides an awesome framework to approach these discussions.)<\/p>\n4. Negotiating Like a Boss<\/strong>
\nWe hear a lot about negotiations attached to our salary, but in reality, it\u2019s a skill that you\u2019ll need to apply throughout myriad work situations. For example, when your team is given a big project, you\u2019ll often be negotiating who is taking what work, or what reasonable timelines are. You can learn how to negotiate, and be sure you\u2019re applying this skill to your entire compensation at a job, not just your salary!<\/p>\n5. Networking With An Executive Mindset<\/strong>
\nNetworking with an executive mindset means that you are connecting with people with the intent of a long term relationship. Early in our careers, networking is touted as the essential way to learn the ropes and get exposed to great job opportunities. You start developing a whole different level of networking sophistication when you can thoughtfully maintain a network as well as think about how you can pay it forward. Get in the habit of keeping in touch with connections by flagging articles you think they may find interesting or catching up over coffee; especially when you don\u2019t have a particular career need in mind!<\/p>\n6. Managing Your Social Media<\/strong>
\nWhatever your social media footprint, be savvy about your privacy settings and know that even at their best, leaks happen. Think about the professional version of you 10 years from now. Will that girl be proud of what\u2019s going up on Instagram today?
\nOn the plus side, don\u2019t underestimate the power of starting to build your professional brand now. Little bits of content, presence, and social media effort really add up over time. Consider starting a professional site with a landing page that gives prospective employers a look at your accomplishments and background. At the very least, be sure you have a LinkedIn page, as it remains relevant for professional connections in most industries.<\/p>\n7. Updating Your Resume\u2026<\/strong>
\nIn the early stages of your career, there are always a number of different paths where your job interests could take you. Consider spending some time creating several different versions of your resume tailored to the major categories of work you might find yourself pursuing. They certainly may overlap a little, but you\u2019ll start to see that it can be extremely valuable to emphasize different skill sets, responsibilities, and talents depending on the next role you\u2019re looking at. Having these handy means that you\u2019re ready to pounce on a variety of new opportunities and share your background at a moment\u2019s notice!<\/p>\n8. \u2026And Keeping A Rolling Brag Sheet<\/strong>
\nBrag sheets are a little different than your official performance review or public resume. Think of them as a running list of talking points that is a greater level of detail about all the awesome things you are doing at the office. Did a colleague or mentor give you some great feedback on how your contributions really sealed the deal on a project? Do you have stats about how your content creation pulled in new eyeballs or clients? While some of these are resume relevant, often this granular level of detail is best left for conversations.<\/p>\nBe generous with what goes here! You\u2019ll be surprised at what details on career success fade over time unless you jot them down, and it could be relevant for years to come!<\/p>\n
9. Dressing For the Part<\/strong>
\nDressing for the part is critical to your early career success and it is the cornerstone of beginning to build your executive presence. In your 20s, you\u2019re constantly making career first impressions, meaning you have both prolific opportunities to impress (and to not get it quite right).
\nOne of the best habits you can get into in this category is remembering to always treat work events just like that\u2026 as work events. Happy Hour with the crew? Good times! But you\u2019re still at a work event, so it means that on the dress code scale you want to land somewhere between what you\u2019d be wearing at the 9-5 and what you\u2019d be wearing in a friends-only crew on Saturday night.<\/p>\n10. Competing Against\u2026 Yourself<\/strong>
\nOne of the best habits you can sustain for career development is comparing yourself to your own potential and goals. Especially at the early parts of our career, it can be easy to look sideways at what everyone else is doing, how much money people are making, what cool new company they get to work for.
\nThe earlier in our careers that we can reaffirm that we\u2019re only competing against ourselves, the more joy we\u2019ll be able to find along the way. Treating every opportunity as a way to grow from the person you were yesterday ends up making the journey so much more fulfilling!<\/p>\nWhat are the habits that have served you throughout your career?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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