015: New Year's Career Resolutions

Pitching PR

On today’s podcast, I have the opportunity to speak with Riana Topan, who is a communications fellow at the Aga Khan Foundation in Uganda. We discuss the benefits of setting career goals at the start of a new year and how to turn these goals into action.

Riana graduated with an arts degree, which she later spun into a career in communications. She uses her expertise as someone who successfully changed her career path to offer great insight into how to set short and long-term career goals.

Topics:

• Why we set goals in the New Year

• How to evaluate your current job status

• Envisioning your ideal future

• Making plans to achieve your career goals

• Putting plans into action

• Evaluating your progress

• Long-term vs. short-term planning

• What is a “medium-term” goals and why are they so important

• Building a timeline for each set of goals

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Links and Resources:

Riana on LinkedIn

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Quotes:

“Though the holidays are inevitably busy, this season is a great time to pause and reflect on all you’ve done in the past twelve months.” –Riana Topan

“More often than not, setting a career plan like this will extend well beyond the next calendar year.” –Riana Topan

“You’ll be much better off if you’re able to adapt to challenges as they arise and take advantage of new opportunities that come your way…” –Riana Topan