CHARTING YOUR CAREER STORY

​Are you looking for a project to keep you busy and connected to your career story? This is a feel-good idea that will help when it comes time to put together a resume or answer questions in an interview.

The idea? Make a record of all the good things you have done in your career. Do not limit yourself to the things that are big. Maybe you are the person in the office I can depend on to start my day with a cheery good morning and a smile or a joke. Maybe you are the one I listen to in staff meetings because your perspective is always interesting. Maybe you saved my butt when I was overwhelmed.

If you connect better with pictures, create a poster or scrapbook with pictures of highlights of your career. For artistic types, you could even draw them! For those who really understand graphs, try making a graph in Excel organized in a way that makes sense to you. For people like me, stories work great. You could even make a video story. Whatever you do, be creative and have fun with it.

​Include all the things you wish your boss or colleagues noticed you did. What will be they miss when you leave this job? No idea? Ask them!