CAREER

MANAGEMENT FOR
ADVANCEMENT
KATE AJAYI
 WHO IS THIS FOR?
1. Employed
2. Un-employed
3. Self-employed

“Every entrepreneur should be career oriented (build a track record and

progress report) and every career person should be entrepreneurial (recognize
and maximize every opportunity for growth and profit)”.
MY CAREER STORY
Nov 2014 • Customer service Rep. –Contract (Jumia)

2015 • Customer service Rep- Full time (Jumia)

Oct 2016 • Trainee Associate (PwC)

April 2017 • Associate 1 (PwC)

July 2017 • Associate 2 (PwC)

July 2018 • Senior Associate 1 (PwC)

July 2019 • Experienced Senior Associate (PwC)

 Myth or Fact?

• Your salary is the amount you are paid to forget your own dreams.
•Career management allows us to
prepare and maintain a degree of
control over the expected
outcomes. Why Career
Management?
•It is intentional.
 7 tips to position
yourself for Career
Advancement
 •People with long term perspective are invariably more
successful than people with only a short-term outlook.

1. Start with •Long term thinking improves short term decision making.
the end in
•Define what you want for yourself in your chosen field/career
mind and set strategies & timelines to achieving them.

•Dr Mike Murdock once said “When your heart decides the
destination, your mind will design the map to reach it”
• Understand the appraisal system of where you work from Day 1.

• Agree career objectives and expectations with your boss and have it

documented.
2. Prepare for
• Keep track and share your personal achievements.
promotions
• You get promoted for value not tenure.
from day 1
• “Doing your current job was what you promised, the reward for

that is your salary. Performing at a higher level alongside your role is

exceeding expectations”.
 3. What does your personal brand say?

•Executive presence/ Confidence

•Dressing
•Communications style
•Reliability
•Consistency

It is very important for an individual to manage or

control what others perceive about them.
• People who feel good about themselves produce good results.

• Understand the value you bring to the table as a professional.

4. Feel good
• Stay visible: Don’t be afraid to shine your light. Make quality
about you!
contributions, seek & take opportunities that help you to be

visible. Stop hiding!

 Just because others are doing the bare minimum to get
by does not mean you should let them impose their
limitations on you.
5. Be extra!
Go above and beyond!

If everyone is doing 2, you do 3.

• To continually grow in this Career, what education do I need to 6. Be
succeed? resourceful &
• Value for money: Are you giving your employer value for money or constantly
are you a PURE? (Previously Unidentified Recruitment Error)
improve
• Seek to be an expert in your field.
yourself
• 2020 High Demand Soft Skills: It takes more than intelligence to

advance ones career.

 2020 High demand skills
Learning these skills can help you get recognized for your next level.

• Creativity

• Persuasion

• Collaboration

• Adaptability

• Emotional intelligence
Source: LinkedIn Learning
• Career management isn’t just about the technical stuff, it’s

also about how you manage the people around you.

7. Relationship
• Seek to have a good working relationship with your

colleagues, bosses and client.

Management
• Be genuinely interested in the things that interest your

colleagues and boss.

• Attract a career sponsor.

What is the
future of your
career industry
saying?