Where to Find True Stability – from the Build the Career You Deserve e-zine

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Where to Find True Stability

Make sure you are focused on what will truly create stability

In a previous article, I talked about how to determine where you should focus industry-wise if looking to make a career shift. Right along with being asked, “What are some good areas to be in right now?” I am often asked about “stability” as it relates to an industry. Too many people confuse “growth” with “stability” in making career decisions. While there are some industry sectors that are more volatile than others, I firmly believe that your professional stability has much more to do with you than the company you work for or sector you work in.

I spent years running a firm that placed software sales executives. It is an acquisition-driven industry where the smaller companies serve as incubators for new technology and either a) get gobbled up by larger publicly traded companies b) go public – becoming that larger company themselves or c) fail (and more fail than succeed). On the other hand, the large, publicly held companies are subject to Wall Street’s mood swings. A stock downgrade means lay-offs. This leaves those in software wondering how they can count on their company. In short, they cannot. But, they can depend upon themselves.

This advice hold true in any industry. Stability resides within you. As you build your career through accomplishments – meeting and exceeding goals set for you, taking on greater responsibilities and challenges – you create stability in the only brand and product you can truly control: you. While choosing industries that are growing can create opportunities, they do not guarantee them. It is up to you to seize them and make them reality. Ultimately, your ability to do this will create a marketable solution that is resilient to an up or down economy: you.

I firmly believe it is actually easier to showcase a background in meeting and exceeding goals during a down economy rather than when things are good. Everyone can achieve success when the fruit is hanging low. It is a rare breed that can deliver results when the economy is less than ideal. And right now is when companies need that kind of leadership to make it through this storm.

So, as you look to create a more stable situation for yourself and your family — and in your career – your focus needs to be inward not outward. Build your brand, solidify your track record and your reputation. This is something tangible that you can take with you anywhere and transcends any industry or economy.

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