Daily Career Connection

A client of mine called yesterday to say that he is on the verge of getting an offer from a large bank. Before they will extend him an offer the recruiter has requested that he submit a business plan outlining his plans to achieve his goals. The job is a wealth management role which would require that my client bring about $10 million in investment dollars to the job within the first year. If you are not familiar with this type of job it means that he needs to find and solicit individuals with that much money to invest and persuade them to invest the money through the bank.

My client is a relative newcomer to the community in which he currently resides so the potential employer wants to make sure he has a plan for finding and selling individuals in his new community on their wealth management services. Seems fair. But it got me thinking that, really, anyone starting a new job should create a plan before taking the job. The plan will probably have to be modified once you take the job because jobs frequently change over time. With that said, if you create a plan for adapting, learning, and succeeding in your new job before you start it will give you a good starting point and the associated confidence that comes with having a plan.
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Ideally, the mutually-accepted final salary structure will be the outcome of a successful interview process. However, your expectations must be realistic. A little research on deciding upon the expected salary will be helpful.

A realistic assessment should be done to calculate your worth as an employee, which should be tested against the present market or industry standards. Several factors such as type of industry, kind of work, geographic location, supply and demand, or simply the growing need for a professional workforce in a specific industry play an important part in salary considerations.

After preparing yourself in these areas, it will be helpful to follow a three-point formula for the actual salary negotiations during the interview.

It can be difficult when you put everything that you have into your job and you feel like you are continually passed up for promotions. When you watch everyone around you climbing the ladder to the top and you’re standing at the bottom looking up, it can be daunting, but it doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. Many of us are never successful at work because we develop a poor attitude about the job and our ability to be a success there. When you stop believing in yourself, you stop having the potential to be a success. If you want to succeed you need to believe in yourself! You can gain self-confidence and success by utilizing your very own success affirmations.

Success affirmations are simply statements that describe how you want to think, feel and live. The stronger you believe in these statements the more power they have to help you change your life. If you want to be a success at work, you simply need to develop your own or take advantage of the vast libraries of free positive affirmations online and apply them to your life. Many people start each day by reciting the success affirmations that speak to them and this helps them to believe in themselves. When you use success affirmations you’ll stop being the victim or pitying yourself and you’ll start seeing that you are capable of climbing that ladder to professional success.
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The most important question you can ask yourself is, “What do I want to do for a living?” Because you spend over 65% of your life working, it’s a waste of time to work in a job you don’t like. That’s why you need to do what you love and love what you do.

Surveys show successful people like, even love, what they do. So you need to like your job in order to do it well.

How to do what you love

To do what you love is not always about instant gratification. The job you would love to do could be at the top of the latter. So you need to start at the bottom wrung and work your way up.

I was lucky. When I was growing up, I wanted to be a radio and TV announcer. Because TV was in it’s golden age, I walked into a local TV station, auditioned, and landed my dream job as an announcer and performer. Stations were looking for announcers, performers, writers, and salespeople in those days. It’s a different story today, not only in broadcasting but also in most industries. Your first job might very well be as an intern doing a grunge job. Eventually, you’ll work your way up to what you want to do - that job you love.

How to decide the most important question -
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