Quotes About Career Development

#1. Career development is a process. It is driven by a combination of five factors: (1) interests, (2) skills and abilities, (3) passions, (4) personality, and (5) opportunities. Each of these five elements is critical and influential in the trajectory of your career.

Kenneth M. Settel

#2. In the name of all that is holy, please consider the wages of a particular profession before you select that degree plan.

Miles Anthony Smith

#3. What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.

Miles Anthony Smith

#4. Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.

Rick Perry

#5. Your career is your business.

Auliq Ice

#6. In regards to planning your career, you need to treat it (your career) just like a business.

Auliq Ice

#7. No one creates a perfect resume on their first try.

Matthew T. Cross

#8. People who repeatedly find career success learn to broaden their perspective and understand that there are always several roads to getting where you want to go.

Carla Harris

#9. The men were all scumbags, but the whole point of the film is to show the development of that. Each guy is going in there to have a good time. By and large, these men are career men, family men, and you just see the deterioration of them.

Taylor Dane

#10. Whilst acting is my career, architecture is my passion. Selecting this development as my first major construction project has been a simple decision. It will underpin not only my values for environmentally friendly architecture, but also embrace my career in entertainment

Brad Pitt

#11. Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all that you have and leave your hands empty.

Auliq Ice

#12. A strength is a lot like oxygen. We don't really pay much attention to it - unless it's missing.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#13. Your career growth depends mainly on how well you can articulate and present your performance review.

Abhishek Ratna

#14. In discovery- driven planning, learning is the essential unit of progress. A course correction isn't equivalent to failure, it's an opportunity to re-calibrate so you can move more quickly up the learning curve.

Whitney Johnson

#15. Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.

Miles Anthony Smith

#16. CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life.

Yay Padua-Olmedo

#17. You can never stop being a teacher. It is the core responsibility of a leader.

Alex Malley

#18. There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.

Miles Anthony Smith

#19. Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.

Miles Anthony Smith

#20. Where there is less pain, there is also less pay.

Auliq Ice

#21. Professional success is only partial success.

Maddy Malhotra

#22. Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

Miles Anthony Smith

#23. Encouraging employees to interact directly with the environment is just an interesting exercise until you debrief their experiences and encourage reflection.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#24. Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.

Miles Anthony Smith

#25. Unfortunately, you won't always get the "attaboy" or "attagirl" that you deserve; you need to put yourself in a position where you do not have to have it in order to stay motivated.

Carla Harris

#26. You'll earn more money doing something you love, rather than just doing something because it pays you a high salary.

Auliq Ice

#27. One of the laws of the professional jungle is that every dog has their day. Everyone gets a shot at the top and at some point someone else gets their turn.

Carla Harris

#28. TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.

Ambrose Bierce

#29. Today, the lines between mentoring and networking are blurring. Welcome to the world of mentworking.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#30. Talk is the most precious and result-driven commodity managers have to share.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#31. It's easy to get sidetracked with thoughts that involve much money and precious things, but before you launch into that mode, reason well.

Auliq Ice

#32. When you disrupt yourself, you are looking for growth, so if you want to muscle up a curve, you have to push and pull against objects and barriers that would constrain and constrict you. That is how you get stronger.

Whitney Johnson

#33. If you want to go to places worth going, you have to be open to personal growth. No matter how much your job pays you, if it doesn't offer you the opportunity to grow, your efforts would only go to waste. There are really just some things that money can't buy. Never stop learning!

Kevin J. Donaldson

#34. Career is a marathon race, not a 100-meter sprint ~ Deepak Mehra

Deepak Mehra

#35. Changing careers, is something that takes you forward into unexplored territory, but you need not to get scared, maybe it's exactly where your success is hiden, explore it well and you will find.

Auliq Ice

#36. We don't deserve our job. Period.

Miles Anthony Smith

#37. It was definitely a rare situation where a career had started and ended simultaneously on a very high note.

Pawan Mishra

#38. Success is a matter of choice, not chance ~ Deepak Mehra

Deepak Mehra

#39. Feedback is an opinion, grounded in observations and experiences, which allows us to know what impression we make on others.

Sheryl Sandberg

#40. After all, I was choosing to walk in the front door of Morgan Stanley every day. I didn't have to. I could make a different choice. I had to stop throwing away my power by focusing on what was wrong and focus on ways, to use a baseball term, "to knock the cover off the ball.

Carla Harris

#41. Boundaries are easier to manage when your values are well-defined.

Joe Jordan

#42. At a career peak, there is certainly the specter of competition from below, but just as importantly, there's the risk that if we aren't on a curve that satisfies us emotionally, we may be the cause of our own undoing.

Whitney Johnson

#43. In our circle, stress was a valuable status marker: I stress, therefore I am.

Antonella Gambotto-Burke

#44. You can't be what I call selectively motivated, where you can only work hard and smart when things are going well.

Carla Harris

#45. You must showcase your work, achievements and performance in the best possible manner.

Abhishek Ratna

#46. Make sure you work at a place which gives you opportunities to learn, travel, explore, interact with intellectuals and new work skills.

Abhishek Ratna

#47. Make sure that you are fully aware of the work environment which will suit your 'work style' the best.

Abhishek Ratna

#48. Remember, being valued and being rewarded are two different things.

Carla Harris

#49. In the corporate world, what is not showcased well simply doesn't exist for any practical purpose!

Abhishek Ratna

#50. Too often when people think of their journey into leadership, they envision a career path. What they should be thinking about is their own leadership development!

John C. Maxwell

#51. If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

Brian Tracy

#52. The quality of your ideas 'your actual thoughts' determines your success more than you think.

Auliq Ice

#53. Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?

Miles Anthony Smith

#54. I set writing aside when I went into theater, and then I set theater aside and subsequently had about a 25-year career in software development. Which, by the way, is a very creative field. I equate it more to kinetic sculpture than anything else, as an activity.

David Wroblewski

#55. Can't we do better with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software?

Miles Anthony Smith

#56. A lot of young girls don't realise how diverse the career opportunities are in games development. Many think that you need elite math skills and a vast knowledge of all things tech to work in games, and haven't thought about avenues like design, producing, art, writing or composing.

Rhianna Pratchett

#57. One of the key components of your mistake recovery strategy is to just stop, learn, get rid of the emotion and the feeling of shame and burden, and move on.

Carla Harris

#58. The more closed your network, the more you hear the same ideas over and again, reaffirming what you already believe, while the more open your network, the more exposed you are to new ideas.

Whitney Johnson

#59. When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.

Miles Anthony Smith

#60. Job change is a very crucial decision. This decision can make or break your career.

Abhishek Ratna

#61. Disrupting yourself is critical to avoiding stagnation, being overtaken by low-end entrants (i.e., younger, smarter, faster workers), and fast-tracking your personal and career growth.

Whitney Johnson

#62. Next to meditation itself, I really can't think of anything more important than the development of your career.

Frederick Lenz

#63. One of the great things about LinkedIn is it isn't the same kind of networking that happens at conventions, where you're wearing a name tag, trying to meet strangers, and awkwardly attempting to make small talk. LinkedIn is networking without the pressure.

Melanie Pinola

#64. I spent my whole career in the technology business, and I was convinced of the importance, at a grand scale, of the development of global connectivity.

John Morgridge

#65. Labor saving devices have destroyed many jobs but have given rise to many new ones. It simply is up to us if we are going to resist or embrace the future.

Miles Anthony Smith

#66. Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others.

Miles Anthony Smith

#67. Each job requires a conscious choice of career path, and a different plan of development.

Auliq Ice

#68. Sometimes you just need some reassurance about your Choice before you take any decision.

Auliq Ice

#69. The work environment can bring out the 'best' or the 'worst' in you.

Abhishek Ratna

#70. Your employees' ability to take satisfying and productive steps towards career goals is directly proportionate to their self-awareness.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#71. When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

Whitney Johnson

#72. The greatest development after age 21 was shown by Steinitz, who increased his rating by more than a full class interval. Steinitz was the deep student and fierce competitor to the end of his career.

Arpad Elo

#73. Even though your time on the job is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work there will last forever.

Idowu Koyenikan

#74. Onward and upward has been replaced by forward and toward.

Julie Winkle Giulioni

#75. The surest way to ensure career extinction is to resist change and adaptation.

Miles Anthony Smith

#76. I am suggesting that we don't put the "income" cart before the "contentment" horse.

Miles Anthony Smith

#77. It's not JUST a job: it's half your life. Love your career.

Dorothy Tannahill-Moran