My Guide to Career Pathing: 15 Lessons to Inform Your Next Power Move
If you follow me on Twitter or have met me at professional networking events, you may have noticed a strong tone of opinion. I am vocal about workplace practices that deeply affect my career path. Many of the issues I’ve faced are a direct result of being a gender and race minority in media and tech. I feel inclined to pay it forward to those of you who perhaps are entering the workforce or looking to change careers, like I have several times. This career guide is meant to help you shape your next power move at work.
Below is a compilation of tactical advice to navigate a successful career path. They are my tried and true tips from over a decade of experience working as a freelancer, in corporate offices, at startups and derive from lessons of failure and success. This is a guide particularly catered for ambitious people. Meaning, they are steps that need to be taken at multiple stages throughout your professional development so you have to be a go-getter, willing to go the extra mile for that one job or promotion. Read these tips, act on them and let me know how they work out for you.
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