Keep Growing When Your Career Feels Stalled
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Short-term issues can require us to temporarily change course: If you’ve lost your job, you urgently need income. If in-person schooling isn’t available, someone has to stay home and supervise virtual learning. If you’re the primary caregiver to a family member, you need to secure flexibility for responsibilities at home.
Prioritizing these short-term concerns over long-term goals, while painful, may be necessary right now. But a temporary detour from your professional path doesn’t mean you have to put aside your ambitions. You can regain control over your career arc with these strategies:
Reframe the situation. Even if you’re not advancing toward your professional aspirations right now, you’re still making a difference and providing value in other areas of your life.Push back against standard options. The WFH boom has led many organizations to provide more flexible work arrangements. Express what you want; most offers can be negotiated.Allocate small amounts of time toward your goals. It may not seem significant to spend three minutes sending a networking email or reading a few articles on a topic you’re interested in. But these little investments add up.
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🇨🇳 当你的职业生涯停滞不前时，继续成长
短期的问题可能会要求我们暂时改变方向：如果你失去了工作，你迫切需要收入。 如果不能进行面对面的学习，就必须有人呆在家里监督虚拟学习。 如果你是一个家庭成员的主要照顾者，你需要确保在家庭责任方面的灵活性。
优先考虑这些短期目标，虽然痛苦，但现在可能是必要的。 但是暂时偏离你的职业道路并不意味着你必须放弃你的雄心壮志。 你可以通过以下策略重新掌控你的职业生涯：
- 重新规划局势。 即使你现在还没有朝着你的职业抱负前进，你仍然在做出改变，在你生活的其他方面提供价值。
- 反对标准选项。在家工作的蓬勃发展导致许多组织提供更灵活的工作安排。表达你想要什么；大多数的报价可以协商。
- 为你的目标分配少量的时间。 花三分钟发一封关系网邮件或者读几篇关于你感兴趣的话题的文章似乎没什么意义。但是这些小投资加起来。
