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Career planning and management
Career planning and management is essential to achieving success in your chosen career. Whether you are aiming to be a bookkeeper in a small business or the finance director of a multi-national corporation, you must know in which direction you are headed and what is required of you to achieve your goal. Here Emma Charnock, General Manager of Hays Hong Kong, provides information on managing and planning your career.

Career planning

Having the plan in place is just the start. Now comes the hard work! Bear in mind you have a number of resources available to you if you just look for them...

1. Your Support Network:
Consider your own network of contacts. Many opportunities become available through referrals and "word of mouth" - so, if you are able, spread the word amongst close friends as to what sort of role you are looking for. Not everyone is good at keeping things confidential, so take care with regard to who you tell.

Almost all fashion experts agree, when we walk in a room, we're judged within the first few seconds - not by our personalities or minds -but by what we're wearing.

It is our appearance and mannerisms that people look at, even before we open our mouths, says Charlene Parsons, academic chair of the Fashion Department at the Miami International University of Art and Design. Though your style of clothes may vary because of your profession, presenting yourself in the best way possible is important, even if your company is strictly "casual Fridays" all week long, she says.

For being successful in one's work and life, one must be clear about what success is. Clarify one's values and goals, and understand that success is not just about hard work and no play. Lesson 1 - Understanding Concept of Success To create a balance between the demands of your work and your life, you need to examine what success means to you. Start by clarifying your values, purpose, roles, and attitudes so that you have something to measure your achievements against. How success can be defined: