When it comes to career advice on the internet, there seems to be no end to the supply, but who really has time to sit down and indulge in it when they\u2019re already exerting all of their energy just to make it to the end of their current day of their day at the office?<\/p>\n
Here at Adzuna, we\u2019ve curated our best career advice of the past year, and we\u2019ve crammed everything into one great post that will offer you the advice you need to make 2018 your bets year yet!<\/p>\n
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Waking up bright and early every morning to rush to a job you HAVE to do<\/a> is no fun, but still, it\u2019s something that the most successful people in life also do. Richard Branson wakes up every day at 5 a.m. He has a structured mourning routine, which helps him stay focused and ahead of things, and he sticks to the plan, without fail, because it helps him be as successful and productive as possible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are few things more tempting in life than crashing on the couch and watching a good movie after a long day at the office, but then there\u2019s also the idea of making some extra moola! Finding a side gig doesn\u2019t have to be a big deal, and you can even get paid more<\/a> to do the work you\u2019re already doing. Here\u2019s how<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the love of all that is successful in this world, do NOT wing the interview. If your aim is to find the perfect job, make sure you\u2019re prepared for it by acing the interview process!<\/p>\n 98% of companies are now using social media<\/a> to help scout candidates, so why is your profile outdated? There are a lot of simple yet effective ways in which you can improve your social media profiles to help you get noticed by all the right eyes.<\/p>\n Sit down and then honestly ask yourself that, and keep in mind that if you\u2019re not able to honestly answer the question in five seconds, you might have some trouble headed your way. What you want is to have differentiated, marketable skills and the ability to excel in any single field, and that becomes considerably hard to do if you\u2019re working a few different jobs. Start focusing on what you\u2019re good at and then zoom in on that, and make it your passion.<\/p>\n Barack Obama said that men seem to be having some problems these days. Instead of just looking to old white dudes for the answers, why not consider taking some unconventional career advice from fierce females?<\/p>\n Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Defense, Space & Security said: \u201cNo matter where you go, don\u2019t lose who you are\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Kathleen Murphy, President of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments said: \u201cJust go for it. Too often women have a confidence gap that makes them pause and <\/em>slow down, while men dive in and learn as they go. Just go for it!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors said: \u201cDon\u2019t cut off your career branches too early. Don\u2019t step away from your career based on what \u2018might\u2019 happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Ruth Porat, SVP and CFO of Google\/Alphabet said: \u201cMake sure you\u2019re working for someone confident who is willing to take risks on you, gives you stretch opportunities, and is there to back you if things get tough. And do the same for people on your team.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Amy Hood, EVP and CFO of Microsoft said: \u201cYou won\u2019t likely have the same plan in a few years that you have today. Life and priorities change – and so will your choices.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When it comes to career advice on the internet, there seems to be no end to the supply, but who really has time to sit down and indulge in it when they\u2019re already exerting all of their energy just to make it to the end of their current day of their day at the office? Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[495,521],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-featured-post","tag-own-your-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Consider a Side Hustle<\/h3>\n
Start Asking the Right Questions<\/h3>\n
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Revamp Your Online Profiles<\/h3>\n
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Ask Yourself What You Do For a Living<\/h3>\n
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Look to Women<\/h3>\n