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“Climbing the Career Ladder: It’s Up to You”

Filed under On the Job, Salary and Benefits
Posted by Libraries, December 06, 2006
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H. Fred Walker and Justin Levesque, Quality Progress, October 2006, Vol. 39, Iss. 10, pg 28.

Career advancement is usually self-propelled, and this article suggests following the business model and creating a career vision statement as a useful first step on the career ladder. The vision statement should be concise and serve as a guide for future education, training, and career planning. This article was written specifically for the quality industry, but it offers a great plan for creating one’s career vision statement and managing one’s own (professional) destiny.

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