One of the most common themes we hear when students come in for careers guidance is<\/p>\n
'How will I know when a job is right for me? What if I go for something and when I get there, I turn out to hate it?'<\/em><\/p>\n Well, this morning I saw the results of a survey carried out by Reed, the recruitment specialists, published in the RI5 site<\/a>. There was plenty I frankly disagreed with\u00a0- apparently, the indicators of career success are to have your own office, a designated parking space and a salary of \u00a356K.<\/p>\n But that, actually, is the whole point. Although I<\/em> didn't feel that those things would signal career success, some people do. We are all individuals, with different values and motivations, and therefore success looks very different for some, than others. And when you dig deeper into the survey, actually you see that reflected in the results:<\/p>\n The top list of factors indicating \u2018career success\u2019:<\/p>\n Earning in excess of \u00a356,000 a year So, if any of you reading this are trying to work out what you want from your future, I thought this list might be a useful tool to get a handle on your motivations. Does it look like your idea of success? Which indicators ring true for you?<\/p>\n Try and build up your own list of 'career success indicators'. The things you would like your job, or study opportunity, to offer you - now or in the future.<\/p>\n Of course, doing that won't immediately tell you what your 'dream job' is. But you will be nearer to working out what your dream looks like.<\/p>\n For a next step, try coming in to book a guidance appointment<\/a> with a Careers Adviser to start putting flesh on the bones of your career dream. Or if that seems a bit scary, have a go at our online guidance tools<\/a>, which will suggest jobs that they think might match your values and motivations. You'll soon feel more in control, and more confident that the jobs you're going for are the right ones for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the full article about the survey, please see: http:\/\/www.ri5.co.uk\/site\/news\/article\/workers-set-out-what-career-success-means-to-them\/#sthash.0Jw6rupi.dpuf<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the most common themes we hear when students come in for careers guidance is 'How will I know when a job is right for me? What if I go for something and when I get there, I turn...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[748],"tags":[232,118],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","tag-career-success","tag-salary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/01\/compass-283234_960_720.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSeven weeks\u2019 annual leave
\nManaging a team of 11 people
\nAttending five business lunches each month
\nAllowed to attend two leisure days each month
\nPut \u00a3489.79 on expenses each month
\nTake at least six UK-based business trips each year
\nTake at least three business trips abroad each year
\nThe ability to spend seven days with the family each month
\nWork an 8:45am - 16:37pm day
\nThe ability to work six \u2018flexible\u2019 days a month
\nHaving your own office
\nAn excellent pension
\nAchieving the perfect work\/life balance
\nOwning your own property
\nA designated parking space
\nYour own company car
\nPrivate healthcare for all family members
\nBenefit from a bonus scheme
\nHaving your own PA \/ secretary<\/p>\n