Were you one of the 25% of Canadians who made a New Year’s resolution related to your career?
Read this result from the Workopolis Career Survey:
Canadians are prioritizing career planning higher for 2009 than in past years, a recent Workopolis poll conducted by Harris/Decima reports. Of the more than 500 working Canadians surveyed, 25 percent responded that they are contemplating a New Year’s resolution related to their careers. This figure indicates a significant rise since a similar study in 2006, when only 13 per cent of Canadians said they planned to make work-related resolutions.
Career development requires more than resolution. It requires engagement.
- What have you done in the first 8 days?
- What do you need to do in the next 357 days?
To be fully engaged means to also be fully engaged with your own career.
Photo credit: motion gears – team force by http://www.flickr.com/photos/17258892@N05/2588347668/
David, I follow your blog religiously (although I do read it on days other than Sunday!). You constantly make me think about what I can do to improve my company, because I know that will improve and enrich me.
(By the way, while the gears in the photo you chose to illustrate this post are fully engaged, they in fact are locked in place and can never move.)
Mike, I am glad you read this.
There is so much we can do. It can overwhelm us.
I am trying a new series starting next week. Let me know what you think.
Ah, seduced by the nice image and not recognizing the lack of the ability to engage gears. Thanks so much for pointing this out. I think I have something greater to learn about engagement with this “blunder.”
David