35 Things You Should Do For Your Career By The Time You Turn 35
Posted @ 12/9/2014 8:24 AM by Donna Puglisi |
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Mashable’s article outlining 35 pieces of career advice to think about before you turn 35, they point out the things you should know about your professional self by a certain point in your career. What’s your biggest weakness? Do you know how to delegate? Are you comfortable with getting feedback or saying the word ‘no’? Check out the list below and the full article on Mashable and start checking off all 35 items.
In
the full article, Mashable gives an overview of why each of these items are important and resources to help you accomplish them.
- Really refine your elevator pitch
- Know your superpower
- Know your weakness
- Learn how to delegate
- Know your career non-negotiables
- Do something you're really, really proud of
- Learn from something you're not so proud of
- Stretch your limits
- Do something that really scares you
- Get comfortable with getting feedback
- Get comfortable with giving feedback
- Get comfortable with saying no
- Have a broad network of people you can trust
- Have a couple of specific career advisors
- Scrub your online presence
- Perfect your LinkedIn profile
- Have a portfolio of your best work
- Know how to sell (yourself or something else)
- Know how to negotiate
- Know how to manage up
- Know how to send a killer email
- Master your handshake
- Find a to-do list system that works for you
- Know your energy levels — and use them
- Know how much sleep you need and commit to getting it
- Know how to manage stress
- Stop over-apologizing
- Get over impostor syndrome
- Have a career emergency plan
- Pick up a side project
- Invest in your retirement
- Invest in yourself
- Invest in the world
- Know what you don't want
- Give yourself permission to go after what you do