Progressing in your career

Ready to move on?

No problem - hardly anyone stays in the their first job for good and it can be really rewarding to move around and get experience in different organisations. But try to stay in your current job for at least a year to get the most out of it that you can.

You might not be satisfied at work at the moment but your current job might be able to offer you new challenges and opportunities you haven’t yet done. Try taking on some new assignments in your current position, to expand your skills — without spending all that time and effort job-hunting. Always try to do activities that provide opportunities to learn new skills, expand your knowledge base and improve on weaknesses.

Don’t hand in your resignation to your current job before you have a new one. Start by having a look around at what opportunities are out there. If you find something that you're interested in then apply! Then if you're not successful this time, you still have a job.

That’s fine, loads of people don’t know what they really want to do before they’ve tried a few different things. Have a look at our what job would suit me section to see if there’s anything that you think looks interesting. Read the job descriptions and check out the recommended websites to get a feel for the different roles.

Remember to take all the experience you’ve gained from your current job to your next career. Even if you think it’s not relevant, there will be key skills that you’ve developed such as team work, organisational skills and computer expertise.