7 New Year's resolutions for your career
新年職業(yè)制勝七大奇招

If you're like many of Katy Piotrowski's clients, the past year of economic chaos and workplace uncertainty has caused you to forget about career advancement and focus instead on just surviving. That's a natural response, of course.
如果你和Katy Piotrowski的眾多客戶一樣，過去一年里經(jīng)濟形勢的混亂和職場的不穩(wěn)定讓你忘記了職業(yè)發(fā)展，只是專注在生存上。當然了，這是一種本能反應。

But, says Piotrowski, a Colorado-based executive coach and author of "The Career Coward's Guide to Career Advancement", progress "is still important and attainable, even when the job market seems to be shrinking."
但是美國科羅拉多州的行政教授Piotrowski（著有"The Career Coward's Guide to Career Advancement"一書）指出說，即使求職市場看起來是在縮減，但是求職的過程仍然很重要，也還是可以成功找到工作的。

The best part is, you don't need to do anything radical: Piotrowski says that even small steps can yield surprising results, like more job security and, yes, even better job offers. Four ways to get going:
好消息是，你并不需要采取任何過激的行動。Piotrowski說，即使是小技巧也能夠發(fā)揮大作用，比如說像更安全的工作保障以及更好的薪資等。以下四個方法可以讓你做到：

1. Join, and be active in, an association. If you're already a member of one or more, join another, "whether it's a professional group tied to your field or a local civic organization like Rotary," she says. "Their get-togethers force you to meet new people and learn new things."
參加一個協(xié)會并在里面積極的表現(xiàn)。如果你已經(jīng)是一家或多家協(xié)會的會員，那就再多加入一家協(xié)會把。她說“不管是和你的行業(yè)相關(guān)的專業(yè)協(xié)會還是像Rotary這樣的地方市民組織，他們的聚會都會讓你結(jié)識新的人群，學到新的知識。

2. Use all your talents. Maybe you're a good writer, but that isn't part of your job description. Piotrowski urges you to "compose articles that highlight your expertise and submit them to websites, blogs, and publications that can benefit from your know-how." Or let's say you're skilled at planning: "Put together an improvement proposal for some aspect of your job, and present it" to decision-makers. Putting all of your abilities to work will challenge you -- and get you noticed.
利用你所有的才能。也許你是個好作家，但那不應該是你工作描敘的一部分。Piotrowski極力推薦你應該要“撰寫一些可以突出你的專業(yè)技能的文章，并發(fā)布在網(wǎng)站、博客上、或發(fā)表在那些能夠從你的專業(yè)知識中獲益的出版物上?！庇直热缒阌胁邉澋牟拍埽骸澳蔷蛯δ愕墓ぷ髂承┓矫嫣岢龈倪M建議，然后將提案呈交給公司的決策者?！痹诠ぷ髦欣媚闼械募寄軙屇阌龅揭欢ǖ奶魬?zhàn)，也能讓你在公司引起別人的注意。

3. Create a list of 20 professional successes you accomplished in 2009. "Scan your calendar, status reports, and computer files to remind yourself of what you've faced and handled," Piotrowski suggests. "Then jot down a few key pieces of data about each success, including things like money saved and customers affected." She calls this a "success database", a valuable tool for writing a new resume, preparing for job interviews, and "reminding yourself that your career is making a difference." Who couldn't use a confidence-builder right about now?
用一張清單列出你在2009年完成的專業(yè)成就。Piotrowski建議：“看一看你的日歷、狀況報告以及電腦文件，回顧下你曾經(jīng)面臨的難題以及當時是如何處理的。然后就每個成就記錄一些關(guān)鍵性的數(shù)據(jù)，比如像為公司省錢以及客戶反饋等?！彼Q這份請單位“成就數(shù)據(jù)庫”，它是寫新簡歷、工作面試的有效幫手，同時也能提醒你自己的工作帶來了哪些不同?！叭缃裾l不會雇傭一位信心十足的創(chuàng)建者呢？”