Regardless of your chosen industry or profession, confidence is one skill that is essential to success in any field. While self-confidence comes naturally to some people, it is a skill that anyone can learn and doing so can be invaluable to your career success.
Finding mentors in senior positions at work can be extremely helpful in building your confidence in your career. Aside from the valuable network of contacts they can open up to you, having someone in a leadership position who can offer you feedback and advice on how they were able to achieve success themselves will give you practical insights into how to achieve your career goals.
Sally Martin, Associate Director at Robert Walters, comments “Support from people in senior roles at work can make all the difference in building your confidence. Their experience and insight can give you a reliable, objective voice when making decisions and you will have supporters you can rely on to help you if things don’t go according to plan.”
Building self-confidence may seem challenging, but feeling informed and prepared for the projects and challenges you undertake will always form the foundation of self-assurance at work. Take the time to make sure you are well versed in whatever subjects you have to deal with, while avoiding obsessing over too much detail. Ultimately, the more experience you have of taking on new challenges the more comfortable you will feel doing it in the future.
The opportunity to work in another country and experience a different culture is hugely appealing to many professional women. However, it is also a common concern that an international career cannot go hand-in-hand with a happy family life. Increasingly, young professional women are coming to regard
Read MoreFor women returning to work after taking a break from their career to start a family, finding an employer who embraces flexible working policies is often a top priority. However, ‘flexible working’ is itself a broad term, encompassing a range of policies. Depending on the needs of individual parents
Read MoreSocial media has become a part of business networking that professionals can’t afford to ignore. But as a platform that is still developing it can be difficult to judge how to use it most effectively and which social networks are most useful to developing your career. Identifying the most relevant n
Read MoreCome join our global team of creative thinkers, problem solvers and game changers. We offer accelerated career progression, a dynamic culture and expert training.