Improving Your Current Career Archives

How to Manage Your Personal Brand Online

Improving Your Current Career, Productivity and Goal Setting
by Tash

When we talk about branding, we typically think of businesses and the way they promote themselves and their products. Yet the phrase ‘personal branding’ is increasingly being bandied about. But what is personal branding? And why is it important for our careers?

With our lives increasingly moving online, many have begun to create a brand around their name and their career. To help you understand this better, we’ve put together a guide to discuss in more detail how to manage your own personal brand online and how this can boost your job search.

6 Reasons To Sign Up for The Career Clarity Quest

Do you know what your strengths are in your career? I mean, do you really know and understand what you are good at and why? Do you have a high level of self-awareness about which of your work tasks burn through your energy faster than a lit match, and which tasks help you to feel more exhilarated? Do you recognize how important it is to know where you need to develop and how to put an action plan in place to succeed?

I know, this may feel like an interrogation, but it is amazing how many people don’t have the answers to these questions. What is more amazing, are the powerful changes you can make to yourself and your career, by deep diving into these areas of your life with an open mind and a desire to really play big. My free email course, The Career Clarity Quest, can help you to crack these questions open, so that you can unleash your full potential.

The STAR Method: Get ahead in your career

Changing Your Job or Career Path, Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

The STAR Method- How to Use It To Get Ahead In Your Career ~ Pop Your Career

Have you heard of the STAR Method? It is a popular tool for writing job applications and presenting interview responses, but when mastered, it can actually be used in other career-enhancing situations as well. So, let’s break it down. In this post, I am going to explain what the STAR method is, how you can become better at using it and I am also sharing four different situations where the STAR method can help you get ahead in your career.

The Career Fulfilment Framework

Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

If you subscribe to my weekly newsletter, The Hump Day Digest, then you will know that I have been working on a new project that will allow me to serve you better, on your journey to feeling fulfilled in your career.

The Career Fulfilment Framework is based on years of reflection, study and talking to my clients about their career goals. This has allowed me to delve deep into the elements that contribute to fulfilment and consider how each of these elements (or pillars as I call them) can be tweaked, massaged and adapted to achieve employment nirvana. In this post, I am sharing an overview of The Career Fulfilment Framework and in coming weeks I will be going deep with each of the stages and pillars to talk about how you can ensure that you are completely aligned with your career goals.

I Had My Career Astrology Chart Read… Here’s What Went Down

Confidence, Mindset and Behaviour, Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

Straddling the fence between spirituality and practicality? Looking for some insight into the future of your career? I hear you! I had my career astrology chart read... here's what went down... ~ Pop Your Career

Last week I had my astrological birth chart done to explore what is in store for my career in 2017 and beyond. I know this sort of thing isn’t for everyone and it varies from the usual information I provide at Pop Your Career, but I have been getting to know a few of you through my email list and I know that there are quite a few readers out there who appreciate looking at things in a different light.

If this sort of thing isn’t for you, that’s cool. My next post will be back to providing you with super practical advice about improving your resume, but if you are intrigued by the idea of using astrology to guide your career or business, then read on. I’ll tell you all about it!

22 Practical Tips To Make Travelling For Work More Bearable

Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

Do you love travelling for work or do you die inside a little every time your boss announces another trip? I am firmly in the middle. To make travelling for work more bearable (for both of us!) I created this post! ~ Pop Your Career

Do you love travelling for work, or do you dread every trip and then wish that it was over? I land firmly in the middle. I don't mind travelling, mostly because my work colleagues are awesome, but on the other hand, I am a bit of a homebody and would always prefer to be at home with my family. To make my work travel more bearable (and maybe even enjoyable!), I am always looking for tips, tricks and hacks. In this post, I am sharing some of those tips with you.

How my values affect my career and business

Confidence, Mindset and Behaviour, Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

My values are the guiding principles by which I live my life. These are the rules I follow in my life, career and business to make sure that I am always being true to myself.

I recently decided to review my values and really get clear about how I want them to show up in my career and business. Previously, I have tried to separate out my personal values and business values but since my business is me, I decided to define my values in a way that they can work cohesively across all areas of my life. I used the process I show you in my free e-book, How to Define Your Purpose, Vision and Values (Then Use Them to Craft Your Perfect Career!) and in this post I thought I would explain each of the values I have chosen and how I make sure I am honouring them in my career and business. Hopefully this will provide you with some inspiration for choosing and defining your own values and finding ways to weave them into your work.

The Art of Managing a Team

Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

Managing a team is a balancing act between achieving results, making sure your team members are happy and finding your own fulfilment. It truly is an art form. Find out how to do it all in this post ~ Pop Your Career

Managing a team is truly an art form and it is just as difficult as it is rewarding. Humans are unpredictable and for this reason, people management can sometimes feel like managing a zoo; so many different personalities, needs and feeding schedules. It can be an absolute nightmare trying to keep up.

But as I mentioned, managing a team can also be rewarding. Personally, I get a huge rush from helping people discover and maximise their strengths and this is one of the greatest rewards that I have taken from team management. One of the greatest difficulties I experienced was balancing the needs of my team with the needs of the organisation and this has prompted me to share my top tips for managing a team, with emphasis on both success and your own happiness.

Want to get a promotion? Here’s how!

Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

Want to get a promotion? Don't stand idly by. In this post I am sharing 7 thoughtful ways that you can improve your chances of getting the promotion you have worked so hard for. ~ Pop Your Career

Are you hoping to get a promotion? One thing that really annoys me is the belief that promotions should go to the longest serving member of staff. It is a bit of an old-fashioned belief, but it is one that leads certain people to think that they are deserving of that next rung on the ladder, whether they have put in the work or not.

You know me, I am not one to mince my words when it comes to that sort of stuff. Sometimes the guy or gal who has been with the company the longest is not the right choice. Regardless of how long you have been with your employer, if you see a promotion at any stage in your future, I would suggest that you start working towards it now. Demonstrate that you are interested in new opportunities using these thoughtful tips:

How to get ahead in your career by lifting your colleagues

Improving Your Current Career
by Becca

It might sound counter-intuitive but lifting your colleagues is a great way to get ahead in your career

Are you craving the next step in your career? Looking for ways to get noticed by your boss? Perhaps it is time to stop focusing on yourself and start focusing on how you can lift those around you. This may seem a little counter-intuitive when you are trying to shine a spotlight on your own achievements, but lifting your colleagues can have a flow-on effect when it comes to the culture of your workplace and can be a great way to demonstrate your leadership skills.

In this post I am exploring a few different ways that you can lift your colleagues, the positive impacts that this can have on your organisation and the ways in which you can use these changes to advance your own career.