Bring it on, 2020! I’m making this next decade my most powerful one yet.
Last year, I wrote about how 2019 was going to be the Year of Disruption. A year where we pushed through comfort zones, faced fears, and (hopefully) became better at adapting to the rapidly-changing times we’re living in.
At Career Contessa this meant changes to our workflows and job responsibilities, it meant hosting our first mini-career conference in New York, producing over five new online courses, announcing my super-secret project, and it also meant tough prioritization calls. Here's a little peek at some of my 2019 highlights.
After six years in business, I can confidently say that 2019 threw me plenty of curveballs and I’m ready to wave goodbye to her.
Here’s a massive round of applause for all of us surviving (maybe even thriving?) 2019’s disruption, multiple mercury-in-retrogrades, and an unpredictable future ahead of us.
This is why I’m deeming this year (and new decade!) the Year of Power. Power to actively guide the direction of your career—one that provides fulfillment— on your terms.
This begins with the question, “How do you (want to) manage your career?” A lot of people don’t really think about “managing” their career. It just sort of happens.
Introducing Career Awareness
Others take the “kind-of, sort-of” approach to career management. They tend to make decisions in response to something that’s happened, usually something unexpected (even bad). Both of these approaches offer little, if any, control over the direction of your career. The alternative is to consciously, actively direct your career.
What determines the career decisions you’ll make when you make them, and how you’ll make them is something I call “career awareness.” This term, used at Career Contessa, describes your career attitudes, knowledge, and experiences (really, everything you know) that you consider when you make decisions about your career.
While anyone can make random decisions, the more informed your career awareness, the more likely you’ll make successful decisions with purpose and intent—ones that help you actively guide your direction and provide fulfillment.
That’s why we’re committed to bringing you new, relevant advice from successful professionals and making it easier for you to access data that helps you manage every stage of your career. Here are just some of the benefits of expanding your career awareness:
- Better opportunities
- More money
- Increased confidence
- New choices
- Contentment
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here are a few other things you can expect from us in 2020
Resources to suit your unique goals—and learning styles
Smart career advice just got easier because now you can read, watch, or listen. Expect some fun changes to The Femails podcast coming very soon, too.
Power Moves, the book!
The first Career Contessa book, Power Moves, officially hits shelves on May 19, 2020! It’s been a labor of love that I started working on in 2018 and I’ll be sure to share behind-the-scenes looks on my own Instagram account.
A mini-makeover for CareerContessa.com
We’ve got some fun website updates in progress that we can’t wait to share! We’re working to enhance your experience navigating content, purchasing career coaching and online courses, as well as, interacting with The Salary Project™.
DON’T FORGET THESE OLDIES BUT GOODIES
I know sharing the new updates is important, but so is mentioning the more specific features that continue to bring value:
- Curated jobs just for you. We understand that you're busy—leave the searching for cool jobs to us. Sign up for our weekly jobs email to make sure you get the curated list delivered to your inbox each week.
- Spotlighting mental and emotional health topics. We'll continue to share stories, tips, and strategies for managing mental health and work together.
- An Instagram feed that never disappoints when you’re fighting that 3 o'clock slump and need some good office humor.
- Pre-vetted career coaches and executives who are ready to work 1:1 to help guide your career. Mentorship should be about you, not who you know.
- We really hope that we're living up to your expectations of what a career resource should be. You can let us know what we're doing well—or what we might be missing! Thank you for being part of the Career Contessa community, and for always evolving with us.
Let us know what you think by emailing me at lauren@careercontessa.com.
