How to Mold Your Current Job into the Perfect Career

Sometimes, no matter what our mantra is about loving our job, we just have to admit that it's hard to figure out how to get our career moving in the right direction. And we all know we're not getting any younger. Here are a few tips in molding your current job into the perfect career.

Little Steps Rather Than One Big Stride
Aiming for a promotion? Then start early, by doing things a litle bit better each day. Don't compete with your next-cubicle workmate; compete with yourself, and try to exceed your own expectations.

Learn from the Experts
Instead of envying workmates who has made it big in the company, try to learn from their experience. They'll be more than flattered to impart advice.

Get a hold of technology!
The office is no place for techno-phobes. Learn everything you possibly can about the software needed in your field, and you'll quickly make yourself more marketable. But don't limit yourself to just one software. Study other software because you never know when you're going to need them.

Keep Learning
The world we live in is fast-paced and new knowledge and information is transformed every second. Don't let your education stop the moment you leave school. The world is the much bigger arena for learning, and it pays to explore and keep learning. Those who are stagnant lose out early.

Turn your officemates into allies
Sound relationships with your workmates lead to better office productivity. Instead of perpetually competing with them for the top of the ladder, try to turn them into allies and teammates. When it comes to promotion time, it's not just skills and knowledge that matters but work ethics too.

Read a lot
Especially books that teach and update you in your fields of interest as well as in others. Pay attention to the quality of what you read, and before you know it, you would have added precious knowledge to your arsenal.

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Barbara Thorp is an article contributor for Jobs section of OzFreeOnline.com