The challenge for your career for this coming month is to focus on developing contacts. As pointed out in the July Challenge:
Work to build up connections that have the potential to be beneficial to your career over the long term. Connect with people that are in the industry you’re in, the one that you aim to be in and the industry/ies that you’ve been in and can offer advice about.
You should have already started reaching out to people via online free resources, but what about those whom you can physically come into contact with? This could be via a number of different means. Some examples:
- Attend horse events such as competitions, sales or advertising shows where you can talk with people.
- Look up people in your area and contact them, inquiring about being able to visit their facilities/business, or even take them out for a coffee to pick their brain.
- Visit local educational facilities that offer horse related courses and talk with educators about your career goals and how to get there.
- Ask workmates in the industry if they know of others who could help you to further your knowledge and skills base.
- Find a local horse volunteering possibility and make yourself available – who knows who you could meet whilst helping others!
It’s often said that it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. And at the end of the day, those who you know, know others! Don’t be afraid to ask people for advice and help, to better develop yourself. There’s nothing I love more when teaching, than finding someone who is keen to improve themselves and ask lots of questions – I could talk to them all day!
As always, make sure you set deadlines for this month’s challenge, tell someone about your specific goals (e.g. “attend one horse event and talk to 5 people in the industry I want to break into”) for the month and get started!
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