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How to Make Sure Your Skills and Experiences are Up to Date  

Making sure that your skills and experiences are up to date is the essence of Future Proofing Yourself to make sure that you stay relevant and of value in the workplace  

As we have said before in this series of videos you might have gained lots of years of experience, knowledge and great results which you should be rightly proud of and those past experiences are valuable and important to you. But now is the time to be truly honest with yourself.   

What I have done in the past is great but how will that help me in the future. Can I continue to do what I have always done or do I need to now adapt, change, and demonstrate an agile approach for my future career opportunities.  Is it time for some help and advice from your network and perhaps some tough love, who will give it to you straight?  

An important question is to ask yourself is \u2018Have I been keeping relevant and what up skilling do I need to undertake to stand still or more to the next level.  Do I have the right people management skills and leadership skills along with the right technical skills to progress my career?  Do I need to work on any of the following areas, I am sure you can add to the list:

Commercial skills  
\nFinance   
\nConsulting skills  
\nLegal and legislation
\nCreative and entrepreneurial skills  

Reflect on your journey to date, consider the various paths/ opportunities that are potential new options.  Or is it time to say, do you know what I would love to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 and go and do something totally different, why not. Perhaps a new direction, vision and very importantly a new work passion is what you need utilising your many strengths.  So here are six top tips to help you plan what\u2019s needed in the future.  

Due diligence on your future career. Don\u2019t just think about it, research, talk, explore and make things happen in terms of ideas. What are my real strengths and skills and passions?  

Exposure do I need to get more involved in other parts of the business to help develop my exposure and opportunities.  Recruitment consultants build relationships in your career with consultants who specialise in your field. Get advice and understand current and future trends. Would it be good to find job descriptions of roles that you would like to do  Network with key decision makers in your marketplace what and how the see future trends and the marketplace.  

Invest in conferences to attend, we often sign up and think, I am too busy, they are an excellent  investment in yourself and your future, more you get involved more you get out of them.  Reading the right journals, again it\u2019s an investment in yourself, organise your time to invest in yourself and get disciplined.  

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