{"id":5933,"date":"2017-10-10T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=5933"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:27:11","slug":"career-path-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/career-path-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"The GetSmarter Career Path Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coming to a crossroads can happen at any stage of your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re looking to start out, stand out or make a significant move within your role, knowing where to apply your energy and focus is a common stall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order for you to gain the best competitive advantage suited to your goals and your industry, you need to ensure you\u2019re tracking on a career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A career path is a ladder-like career planning tool that showcases your journey from an entry-level position and how, by gaining the right skills, and experience you\u2019ll begin to progress through the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem, however, is businesses, employee structures and industry trends are under continual change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This casts an uncertain shadow over the traditional career path of the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The once reliable linear structure will now struggle to lead you much further into the future.  The career path you’ll need to follow is structured much like a jungle gym, it\u2019s a far more complex profile that provides a variety of directions and spaces for you to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A career path profile provides you with a sustainable blueprint to form the integral core of your career plan. Find out how you can use career paths with these four frequently asked questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a career path profile and why do you need one?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Being unsure about which role you\u2019ll ultimately settle on or whether the skills you learn now will fail to set you apart in your industry in five years time is a reality many professionals experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to future-proof your career and ensure you\u2019ll gain both personal and professional rewards is a task designed for the career path profile to solve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A career path profile is created with a specific pioneering role in a competitive industry. It\u2019s a selected sequence of jobs, skills, courses and experiences that you\u2019ll need in order to attain and retain the career path of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know what generalist or specialist skills you\u2019ll need in five years time to become an expert in your field or switch to a more suited role that you never studied for in the first place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The career path profile is a guiding framework for you to base all crucial career decisions against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will the career path profiles include?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Want to find out if your career path is the most profitable or offers the most opportunities for growth in the industry you\u2019re interested in?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The career path profiles highlight which significant influential factors from career, education, technology and workplace trends will have the biggest impact on your career path in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll gain access to advice on how you can best prepare for the integration of artificial intelligence, The Internet of Things, globalisation or big data in your field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The career path profiles will also cover the following four key sections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n