Would you expect someone else to take and keep pictures of your family, or remember significant family dates for you?  Probably not.

Sometimes employees turn their careers on auto pilot and expect their boss to manage their career.

For example, do you expect your boss, or the HR department to keep track of your accomplishments on the job – things like getting a project completed before the deadline, or coming up with the solution to a long-standing problem?

This approach is simply not reliable.  Just like keeping a record of your family milestones, it is up to you to keep track of your accomplishments on the job.   Sounds easy, right?  It is not as easy as you might think, since many of us are not alert to those everyday accomplishments, and may label them as “just doing my job.”

So, you might be asking WHY should I keep track of my job accomplishments?  Here are just a few of the reasons:

• Updating your resume
• Performance Appraisals
• Networking with other professionals
• Keeping your self-motivation high

Get started today!  Keep a small notebook specifically for journaling your job accomplishments.  As soon as you are aware of an accomplishment, write it down.  If you get to the end of the week, and haven’t made any entries in your accomplishments journal, set aside 10 or 15 minutes to review your week and write down something you felt good about on the job.

You will be amazed when you read your journal entries after just a couple of months of recording them, at the sense of accomplishment you will feel