Moving jobs is a messy process, and it can be years before someone becomes motivated enough to leave their current job. In the mean time, they’ve stopped growing and learning.

2. Tell them that you don’t want your learning to stall whilst you still feel challenged. If
you’re a valued employee then prompt him/her into giving you extra
responsibilities.

3. If you work in a large corporate office and there’s no obvious upward move, there may
be opportunities to progress your career sideways. Top talent is always well-networked.

4. What about external options? Getting to know the top two or three headhunters in
your field could be an avenue to explore. It depends on how trustworthy they are and
it could help you benchmark where you are versus your industry peers. Just be aware
that being on a recruiter’s database does leave you open to constant calls and emails
about jobs with companies that just don’t appeal. If you go down this route, be clear
about what it is you want and which companies you’d like to join and see if they have
influence within those firms.

5. Looking on job boards is a bit like shopping after-Christmas sales. After rifling
through crap for hours you may find something great. The chances are though
that it already has multiple people fighting over it. Jobs posted on job boards are
usually old or hard-to-fill vacancies. More often than not, you don’t know who the
company is or even if it even exists. Is just a trap to get your CV into the hands of
a recruiter? I’m not saying don’t look, but prepare to invest some time to it.

6. LinkedIn is a valuable tool for any high flyer. Keeping your options open and meeting
people whilst you’re currently employed is critical. You could also look on specific
careers pages of companies you want to join. Yet most of the time unless there’s a
suitable position you won’t hear anything back. Better still, you could follow them on
Talent Rocket and if they like your profile then you’ll be liked back. Twitter is becoming
more prominent in the networking space. It’s worth building relationships with the
influencers in your market so tweet, share and re-tweet interesting content that
demonstrates your market knowledge.

7. The AMCAT is India’s first employability assessment test that help fresh graduates
to get their first job quickly and efficiently.