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“Seeing is believing, believe when you see it” Pusha T
The journey to success as a public relations practitioner begins with the here and now. Here is a hybrid list to help navigate you to your career destination.
Write down where you would like to be in your career, than create a timetable to chart your progress. When you write down a goal you increase the likelihood of completing it exponentially. Placing your goals on a timetable allows you to time manage and stay on task.
Take inventory of your most marketable skills and than compare your skill set to a professional that is roughly in your target career trajectory.
How do you stack up?
Where are there deficits?
Use this analysis to determine the focus of your professional growth.
Find a professional to emulate; a mentor can provide the perspective of someone who has traversed the journey to career success. This vantage point is extremely useful in your navigation.
Look the part: this is a metamorphosis that becomes a part of your psyche and this does not simply apply to your appearance but also to your social media presence.
What do your Twitter or Instagram accounts say about you?
Are you only a PR professional on Linkedin?
Your Network equals your net worth; connecting with professionals is vital to professional growth, I can not overstate this. Every individual is, or potentially is connected to someone who can assist in propelling your career; this is due in part to the concept of six degrees of separation.
Become an expert in your field: Whether it is highlighting the benefits of an Accredited in Public Relations designation or becoming the authority on breaking new social media, your endeavor should be to own a segment of your career field and then become accessible to your peers to share your findings.
Attempt to chart the direction of your profession: in this professional culture if you are simply attempting to keep up you are already behind.
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