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Career Talks: 6 Mistakes Even Smart Business People Makes
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
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Career management is essential to reaching your full potential at work. While you may currently be in a position where your job feels stable and your next steps are clear, anything can change – and quickly. Taking the right steps to guide your career forward and avoid common pitfalls can mean the difference between success and failure.

No matter how well you do your job, you’d be wise to avoid these six career missteps that can derail even top employees:

1. They stop networking. It’s easy to grow complacent about networking when you’ve worked with one employer for a while. But knowing who you need to know within the four walls of your company isn’t enough – as you may quickly discover when you lose your job or need to seek opportunities outside your firm for other reasons.

“Failure to network can be detrimental when the time comes for an employee to find a new job,” says Jennifer Brown, founder of PeopleTactics, a human resources firm that helps small businesses. “Employees need to ensure they continue to network throughout their careers so that they can stay in contact and connected with people who are able to help them, should they want or need to switch jobs.”


2. They assume good work will be recognized. If you’re a talented worker who goes the extra mile, you’ll be rewarded when your boss sees what you’ve done to help the company, right? Not necessarily.

Corrie Shanahan, owner of The Beara Group LLC, notes that doing your job really well and expecting that you will be automatically noticed and promoted because of it can be disastrous. “This is particularly common with women but affects men, too,” she says. “Many smart and talented people have watched less talented colleagues progress, because they are better at letting superiors know about their accomplishments.”

3. They don’t know their worth. Research shows that women are less likely than men to request a raise. Failing to ask for the level of pay you’re worth can keep you in a vicious cycle of salary depression that carries over from employer to employer.

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