It is very common for corporate millennials to get complacent and comfortable once they’ve landed a job in their field of study. Your career is a journey and your daily actions set the trajectory for what that journey will look like.
As a young professional looking to rise and excel in your workplace, here are a few keys you can use to increase the value you offer to your employer, become a self-starter and rise to the next level of leadership. Often times, employers are looking for the next person in line - the perfect candidate for the promotion or for that raise. It is your responsibility and yours alone, to ensure your employer has your name in the ranks.
The following keys will help you develop yourself as a young professional, enhance your value-offering, and put you at the front line for that promotion:
1. Be self-aware: What are your strengths and weaknesses, passions, and dislikes? Knowing yourself will help you bank on your strengths, perfect them, and excel at a greater level. All leaders are not perfect, but they are self-aware and know where their strengths lie so they can continuously better themselves in those areas and seek opportunities that align with those strengths and passions.