10 Worst Career Mistakes

Worst Career Mistakes: At a certain age one is asked what the mistakes are that they made in the earlier stage of your life and career that you would advise the coming generation to avoid. This is because, for those who have gone ahead and have managed to succeed, there are certain strategies they employed which if given a second chance, they would never repeat such mistakes.

Such mistakes can be remedied but some mistakes must be avoided at all costs. In this article, we have listed out ten (10) worst carrier mistakes that one must avoid no matter what because the consequences may be dire.

What are Career Mistakes?

Career Mistakes are common and uncommon errors that individuals make in their professional lives or while pursuing their careers which affects their progress or success in their career and other areas of their lives.

Some mistakes can be remedied in the short or long run while some mistakes are too costly and are not recoverable.

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Top 10 Worst Career Mistakes

We will now list the ten worst career mistakes that anyone can make in their professional life. They include:

Risk-taking
Comfort Zone
Wrong focus.
Independence
Negotiation
Unavailability
Deadlines
Avoiding responsibilities.
Ignorance.
Wrong assumptions.

Risk-taking

This goes both ways. When one refuses to take risks and decides to play it safe all the time, he/she will end up missing out on opportunities that would have changed his or her life. To make big impacts in your industry and the world at large, you have to be prone to taking reasonable risks.

On the other hand, risk-taking should be done intelligently. One should not be taking costly, unreasonable, and fraudulent risks. For instance, when a person approaches you to make an investment that will yield in a day and without asking questions you invest your money. This is unwise and is not considered worthy of risk-taking. Before one takes any risk, certain questions should be asked, and an investigation or research should be made concerning such a proposal. This is to avoid falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters.

Comfort Zone

This may be the downfall of any career person. Refusing to leave a certain environment or industry because you feel too comfortable is dangerous to one’s career. You should be willing to explore and try out new things. For instance, a legal professional working with a firm should be willing to detach and start up his/her practice. Staying in one place for a long time can make one too compliant.

Wrong focus.

To be focused is not the issue, but what exactly are you focusing on? Focusing on the wrong things can be detrimental to your career growth. For instance, when a job seeker focuses on compensation or the pay when choosing a job; or when someone decides to pursue a particular career – not because he/she has a passion for it – but because of the monetary considerations. This is wrong and can affect one’s career pursuit.

Also, when a company focuses on the wrong things, it can affect the productivity of its workers and the growth of the company. Employers should be focused on productivity as any wrong decision they make can affect the career of their employees.

Independence

Being independent can be good to a certain extent as it helps one to be initiative, a thinker, a problem solver, creative and multi-skilled. However, when one becomes too extreme with independence, it not only affects his/her relationship with others but his/her career aim. For instance, in a situation where you constantly refuse to ask others for help or listen to them, you will deny yourself of invaluable knowledge you would have gained. Also, when you are in a position to help and you intentionally withhold help from others due to pride, it will affect productivity in the office and your career in general. Iron sharpens iron, thus, sharing ideas helps one to grow.

Negotiation

Life is generally a marketplace, and the truth is most things are negotiable. When you begin to explore the marketplace, be bold enough to negotiate what you are owed. If not, you will be over-utilized and underpaid. Learn to negotiate your salary, benefits, and work conditions even before you accept the job offer.

Unavailability

If peradventure you are on a career path that you truly love and you are succeeding, do not suddenly become too busy and unavailable to your network of friends or family. Most people only realize when it is too late that all they only have are material stuff and possessions, and that they have lost the emotional connection they would have built with their family and friends. No matter your career pursuit be available to friends, networks, acquaintances and most importantly family.

Deadlines

When one is given a deadline at work, and he/she constantly meets it, it builds quality character of discipline and consistency. You become invaluable to your workplace, and they will not want to lose you. There is also a possibility of getting promoted. However, when you keep missing deadlines, you are seen as truant and can easily be let go. Also, you lack the necessary character to succeed in your career.

Avoiding responsibilities.

Responsibilities make a leader. If you constantly avoid responsibilities, how do you want to grow? When handling responsibilities, it helps you to adopt lots of soft skills that may become profitable for you in the long run. Do not just accept responsibility, ensure that you fulfil them. Don’t always give excuses as to reasons why you did not fulfil a responsibility; if you know that due to certain unavoidable circumstances, you may not be able to handle such a task, then be confident to own up – that is also being responsible. Also, if you made a mistake or you are guilty of something, then own up to it. That is responsibility.

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Chinaza

This post is originally written by Chinaza C. Ifeanyichukwu, a Professional blog writer and Editor. She boasts of over a decade of expertise in the recruitment sector, Chinaza provides up-to-date information on jobs and recruitment topics, career opportunities, and breaking news. Ensure you visit the website constantly so as not to miss any new updates!!

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