Top 3 Career Resolutions to Make in 2018

At the beginning of every New Year, many individual make it customary to set some goals and make changes in various aspects of their lives which is often termed as “A New Year’s Resolution”. Generally, a New Year's resolution is a tradition, in which a person resolves to change an undesired trait or behavior, to accomplish a personal goal or otherwise improve their life. This in its right context is very appropriate and advisable for anyone to imbibe.

It’s important to also add that the New Year is often time than not, the best time for appraisals and reviews of oneself or one’s projects. What one accomplished the previous year? Why one couldn’t achieve some things? Some changes to make in the current year and when to check one’s progress to that effect and on and on.

The reason for this is simple. The beginning of a year serves as a standard of time to appraise and review ones actions subsequently in the course of the year. Career being one of the major aspects of one’s life becomes a very desirable aspect to make resolutions in also. Otherwise, the year may just end like every other previous one have and your career may just still remain the same as it has always being.

The 3 Career Resolutions to make in 2018 are thus as follows;

Take up at least one Career Mentor
Isaac Newton who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation once said that “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants – those that have gone ahead of me.” As simple as this quote is, it buttresses to a very large extent the importance of having those who have gone ahead of you in a particular area, on your side.
Career mentors give you guidance, professional advice, help motivate you and above all discipline you. If you want to get to the peak of your career or want to achieve a great feat in your profession before the end of 2018, then having a career mentor is non-negotiable.
Career mentors are everywhere in the society. Your place of work, the media, social bodies and affiliations and etc.
Develop at least One Indispensable Skill in your Job Field
With the way the world is rapidly changing every day, it’s no doubt that some individuals will soon find themselves structurally unemployed. For example, before the extinction of typewriters, there was an urgent need for those secretary, receptionist and all those whose major means of livelihood were hinged on typing for them to learn the basic use of a computer.
Those who did learn retained their jobs when Desktop computers became the order of the day in the corporate world. Those who refused to learn, got themselves swept off as the typewriters were discarded. This simply mean one thing, as your profession evolves, evolve with it.
In most profession in 2018, technology is going to take a large chunk of regular jobs. Only those with specific skills that are almost impossible for machines to carry out are going to retain their jobs. If you must be part of this few indispensable ones, then acquiring that skill is non-negotiable. For example, an accountant who is not abreast with the intermediate or advance use of Microsoft Excel for financial modelling would soon find him or herself outdated and non-useful anymore. Some don’t even know Basic. Please learn!
Take that Risk
I can easily guess that at least you had one thing you needed to do last year that you didn’t do because of fear. Fear of losing money, fear of losing your current job, fear of losing your investment, fear of the unknown and etc. I can also guess, that you will still encounter at least one of those issues that you must still have to take a decision in this year.
The thing is, you can either keep procrastinating and expect everything to be running smoothly before you take that step, or you can take that risk and be optimistic about a positive result. Remember “you miss 100% of every shot not taken”. Get closer to your dream this year.