The recipients of the 2010 CWC Jeanne Sauvé Career Development program highlighted the top ten personal takeaways from their year-long experience:
- If you trip and don’t fall than you’ve leapt one step forward. If you fall, you get up and dust yourself off and move on having learned something.
- Let go of the outcome of the situation and get some distance on who you are and what happens in the situation. It is good to plan but don’t be so attached to the plan.
- Build relationships. Understand the game – who are you? What is your environment? How do you fit with your environment?
- Volunteer for pilot projects, committees and boards. They are important to career development.
- Impact comes from focus – focus is finding a corner and leading people to it. What is your mandate? Are you doing your mandate? What do you do well? What do you not do well? What can you get rid of?
- Support women around you, volunteer to mentor.
- Learn not to take things personally. Let go of guilt – It is a waste of energy.
- Work life balance – set limits for yourself and others will follow.
- When you move, anchor yourself to one skill you have. Bring that one skill to your new job. Don’t be afraid that you don’t have all the skills – just bring one!
- Take risks!!!! Getting out of your comfort zone can be frightening. Go for opportunities that make you excited and scared. Feel the fear and do it anyway. After all, what can be so scary?
The CWC Jeanne Sauvé Career Development Program provides five participants, one each from Industry Canada, Canadian Heritage and the CRTC and two from private sector organizations, with the opportunity to take part in three separate rotations totalling six weeks.
They learn first-hand how private industry, government and regulatory agencies respond to new issues and challenges. They also examine questions about program design, strategy and how best to meet the needs of customers, legislators and stakeholders.
Want to learn more about this program that offers a unique way to gain unparalleled access to the area of communications regulation and policy? Visit our website.
Applications are due November 16, 2011.
