This is something different and difficult question to deal with apart from routine questions at an appraisal discussion table, instead of getting career guidance and appraisal; you will be challenged for your Skills and Strengths though you are being a loyal employee for the Manager /Organization. Here your manager may be challenging your Skills, Strengths and Marketability of your resume in the current Job Market, OR sometimes your manager may be really wanted you to press panic (EXIT) button! If your last Appraisal Discussion was closed like this, and still in the same job working for the same manager, then what will the guarantee that you will be appraised well in the coming season?
Nobody is permanent in this temporary life; Jobs can’t be
excluded from this truth. Everybody had gone through the recession, by now
everybody understands that corporate jobs are not permanent at all including the
boss’s Job. If you understand this logic, and try to observe around you, most
of the people pretend that they are permanent and loyal for the company and for
boss else everybody is not. Pretending of this kind gives temporary results,
but it will never give the permanent results. So shall we remain calm and
accept whatever is given as part of appraisal not bothering the inflation and
price hikes?
"The Career building
of one’s should not be in the others (Organization/Manager) hands; it should be
in their own hands". If you are
leaving your career in your boss hands, this will be the question you will certainly
face in the future, so how to build the good career path in an organization if
you have already started your career in one organization? Self review is the answer for the question.
- Self review-Your current work with Past and Future (To-Be)?
- Self review-What kind of jobs/roles the current job will fetch you in the future?
- Self review-Future demand for the current job in the market?
Everybody shall have a self review for every 6 months and try
to answer the above questions, based on the answers; one can put down a plan
for the rocket speed career path by assessing the improvement areas for new roles/jobs
which are in demand and gets you good hike/appraisal if not in the current
Organization.
“If I have to Demand why will I request for a good appraisal”?
This is the next question one need to find answer. Demanding is not always
getting a good Offer Letter from a similar company with good % of hike; these
are making your manager to sense your Importance.
- Continuously work on skills improvement
- Outshine and expand in every direction
- Make your job more dependable on you
- Bring your achievements to your super boss not just your boss day to day
- The last option is get a good Offer Letter from a similar company with good % of hike
If organizations are
running for making profits for their promoters, then why you as an employee settle
for low appraisal or relevantly no appraisal? Why you can’t make yourself run
in Profits? You should also think yourself running an “organization of your skills and strengths”, and set goals for
every year or two to achieve, build skills that makes you more skillful and
knowledgeable year on year. This keeps you ahead of your competitors and
results in good appraisal and Hike. Building skills in one area will not helps,
you always have to diversify your skills in 360 degrees, and choose one weak
area and work on it every quarter. Few important diversified areas makes you
front runner.
- Communication for every position (verbal/non-verbal communication)
- Network with Peers and Colleagues across Industries not just confine to the current Org.
- Take relevant professional certifications from external bodies/Institutes
- Improve academic credentials if you be short of some.
Lets analyze a situation where in everybody Demands (by now
you should understand the difference between Demand and Request) for a good
appraisal or correction, the occurrence of this situation is limited to
project/group not entire organization. Think what happens with organization operational
margins and how it will compete in the market with other companies who deliver
the work for fewer prices. To maintain the margins the companies always go for
campus recruit and employs new entrants to protect the profits for less price.
This is very important for people who are working in the mass production side
of a manufacturing company, in one way Indian IT services Organizations are also
mass manufacturing houses concentrating only deliverables not on Innovations
and Product development, so be cautious doing job with IT services.
Selecting a good job offer plays vital role in the next
company when you already decided and made your mind to leave the current job. Never
accept and join the first offer, look for more such offers with good hike and
responsibilities, never go back on taking additional responsibilities for a
good hike and position. One more
important thing is that you should not stop searching for the jobs even if have
joined new organization until your first Self Review (remember in the paragraph
we talked about self career review) after 6months) completed and gives you the
expected results.
My next post will discuss on tips and techniques of
positioning and building a self propelled resume, and differentiating yourself
in the job market. More emphasize on resume selling techniques.
Please keep an eye on my posts.
