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For me the recession has made me realise that I’d taken my eye off the ball when it comes to my career. I was made redundant during the summer and in all honesty I never thought I would be, ever. At first when I was made redundant I was extremely confident that I would walk straight into another job and I managed to get plenty of interviews very quickly. What I failed to take into account was the amount of other people who were in the same boat, some of which were more experienced than me and willing to earn the same as me. Long story short, I managed to get a job eventually, after a great deal of rejection, but the lessons I’ve learnt are invaluable.

Steering your career path needs constant management, meaning that your cv should be constantly updated with your role and your current achievements. An easy and more interesting way of doing this is by getting a LinkedIn account. Create you cv online with LinkedIn and then post regular updates on it, then if you do need to get a cv together quickly then you’ve got all your updates to refer to and all in one place. There’s nothing worse than trying to remember events and dates of things you’ve done in the workplace.

To be continued…