What is your career game plan? What is your long-term objective? Are you thinking strategically about where you want to go and what you want to be within specific timeframes? Next week? Next month? Next year? Five years? Well, you get the point. If you are not doing so, whom do you think is going to engage in this activity for you? How are you preparing for your next opportunity? Are you waiting for it to knock on your door or you actively seeking it or even creating it?

A characteristic of the modern worker is a willingness to take ownership of and responsibility for one’s career trajectory and learning processes. The modern worker can no longer rely on the good will efforts of an employer to advance your career interests.