Time to Level Up: Five Tips to Improve Your Career Before 2025
If you’re looking to advance in the financial industry, now is the time to take action. We are going to break down five actionable tips to help you enhance your skills, network, and career trajectory before the start of 2025. If you’re planning to start your job search in the new year, begin your search with PrideStaff Financial.
Analyze your technical skills and grow them:
Start by conducting a thorough assessment of your current skill set against the requirements of your desired career path to identify areas for improvement. Take a look at what the trends will be going into 2025. Focus on developing these key areas: Coding, learning relevant programming languages for finance and accounting; data analysis, gaining proficiency in data visualization tools and data analysis techniques; and digital marketing, believe it or not, understanding the digital marketing landscape and strategies can help you improve your career.
Increase your soft skills:
Communication skills are critical for more client interaction. Improve verbal and written communication skills to help you gain a foothold on your career trajectory. Developing leadership skills will help you learn how to work more effectively as a team leader or showcase your ability to do so. Critical thinking involves problem-solving and analytical abilities and will help you navigate new trends including AI and CAS (Client Advisory Services). Collaboration will be crucial to understanding how to work together and will also showcase your ability to lead by example.
Expand your learning:
Continued learning involves many layers, including increasing your networking capabilities, professional development programs, taking online courses, and attending industry conferences. Many of these fold into each other as well. For example, by attending industry conferences, you are also increasing your visibility, engagement/communication with others, and networking.
Volunteering:
Believe it or not, volunteering and sitting on committees related to your industry are great ways to grow your skillsets and “level up”. It can help you reinforce skills you’re already learning at work, develop new skills and possibilities, and give you another avenue to build leadership skills. All of these opportunities make you a more qualified and desirable employee.
Ask for and be open to feedback:
Constructive feedback from your manager or colleagues can help you grow and perform better. It can help you identify areas of weakness and areas of strength. And it might provide you with a direction to study or an area of improvement when looking at online learning and training.
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