CAREER DEVELOPMENT

The corporate society has for many years been obsessed with the details that go into your resume-curious about your personal details, educational background and off course work experience. And what usually surprises me about preparing my resume is how meticulously the follow of information must be represented-there MUST be a sort of pattern illustrating your growth. What I am referring to here is a pattern that goes something like this...

You start working as a intern doing filling and admin;you work very hard and get promoted to junior clerk. Inspired by this promotion,you work harder to be Supervisor with 4 people reporting to you. Off course the quest to become manager and eventually a partner consumes you and this is great. This shows ambition,determination and growth. A similar pattern is seen across many industries and is considered the rule of thumb, what is referred to as "climbing the corporate ladder"

However what happens when you decide to abandon the ladder you've spent years climbing to start a fresh journey where up you are required to start at the very bottom?  How best does an individual give up everything(position, benefits, relationships) they have spent time working on to follow a dream that has no guarantees?

We are often told to take a risk and to pursue the dreams that burn us with passion, but many of the philosophers forgot to mention how hard giving up everything is. Many of the them did not tell us how scary this process is or how terrifying the uncertainty can be.

Developing a career that you can be proud of, comes with tough decisions I believe. The pressure we place ourselves under, trying  to develop impressive resumes can also ruin the dreams many young people have. Some of us are so scared of making a fresh start within different industries, because we are worried of losing the comfort we have established. We are so scare of losing the benefits we are currently enjoying because we want to follow the corporate pattern described above.

Shouldn't this year be about what you think is best for you and your development? Shouldn't our career development be our responsibility?  Shouldn't we follow our dreams against all odds?

What is your take on career development?

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