The beginning steps to getting to the next level in your career.career development planning

  1. Identify what the next level looks like.
  2. Track your accomplishments.
  3. Identify your personal brand.
  4. Start talking to people and thinking often about what you are wanting.
  5. Plan your networking.
  6. Be on the lookout for the right opportunity.

1. Ego Surfing – Search the Internet for your name to see what information comes up.

2. Social Networking – Begin building online profiles using some of the following sites.

3. Blogging – Consider starting a blog about your industry and how you participate in an innovative way.

4. Automated Research – Set your searches up to be delivered to your email inbox or set up an RSS reader for sites you frequently visit.

magnifying lens over world wide webHere are some tools that will come in handy for careerillionaires and infopreneurs!

Meta Search Engines (a.k.a metacrawlers)

  • This type of internet search sends search requests to multiple search engines at once and puts the gathered responses in one long list. It’s a good idea to use a metacrawler in addition to your favorite search engine just to make sure you aren’t missing anything major. Using a meta search engine saves time since you won’t have to go to multiple websites to perform the same search.
  • I like www.clusty.com because it also divides the search results by category which makes quickly reviewing more precise results much easier.
  • A variation is this tool specifically for searching career advice related articles – www.chimby.com.