What is the most important career advice you have heard in your life?

What is the most important career advice you have heard in your life?

Career Daily News continues the initiative “What is the most important career advice you have heard in your life?” and collects valuable lessons that leading managers and HR professionals carry with them over the years.

Below we share a small part of nearly 200 career advice pieces that have already been collected. Each of them has gone through the real professional and life experience of its author.

👉 See all the advice and add yours here:

 

Vanya Tutova (HR Manager at Standard Profil Bulgaria)

“Manage with trust, not with influence!”

Zlatka Dimitrova (HR Manager at Würth Bulgaria)

“Every day someone is born smarter, younger, and more beautiful than you. Never stop seeking the new and developing.”

Janet Apostolova (HR Manager at Shared Service)

“Know your worth!”

Viliyana Bakalova (Global HR Business Partner at ABB)

“Don’t be afraid to try. Your personal barriers are often significantly higher than reality.”

Vaide Barganova (Founder & Managing Director at HR Solution LTD)

“A piece of advice that will not be erased from my mind – don’t wait for the right moment, create it! You carry it within you!”

Desislava Georgieva (Chief Human Resources Officer at Healthy Bars)

“Even the longest journey begins with a small step,” it is said Lao Tzu. Growth is rarely linear. It is not a one-time and big event, but a series of quiet, bold, sometimes wrong, but always persistent choices you make on the path to yourself.”

Tsvetomir Tsvetanov (Visionary HR Leader)

“If what you do is just a job for you, then you are not in the right place. The most valuable thing you can create with your role is opportunities for others to be themselves, while being in harmony with the expectations of the environment.

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Georgi Iliev (HR Manager)

“Don’t procrastinate, act! And do it with heart. Mistakes are inevitable, but despite them – don’t stop.”

Miroslava Dinka (Talent Acquisition Manager at Open Payd)

“Develop and maintain your network of professional contacts. They are the key to future opportunities.”

Nevelina Petrova (HR Manager at Kalmar)

“No matter how good a job you’ve done, if you don’t show it to others, they may never know. Besides good work, a little PR is also needed.”

(I heard it almost 20 years ago and I am still learning to apply it.)

Yulia Velinova (HR Manager at Breaktime Jsc.)

“Listen actively.”

“Think before you say something.”

Darina Todorova (Human Resources Business Partner at Konica Minolta)

“Never take yourself too seriously. In a world of ‘cult of self’ it is useful to remind ourselves that we are not the center of the Universe. True confidence is in being able to laugh at ourselves and accept our mistakes. We are not perfect and no one expects us to be! The less ego, the more freedom and growth!”

Polya Gancheva (Employer Brand Strategist)

“Salary is just a result. Work from the heart!”

Yanitsa Lazarova (Senior Human Resources Manager at eMAG)

“Everything is just part of the game!”

Gergana Neykova (Talent Acquisition & Learning Manager at Euromaster Import / Export)

“Break the habit. That’s where change begins!”

Galina Georgieva (Head Of Human Resources Department at Dunapack Packaging)

“To this day, the most important advice is: never forget who you are, what path you have traveled, and where you started, and remember that you are responsible for your own career. Don’t wait for anything from anyone.”

Lora Irobalieva (Head of HR at Hitachi Solutions Bulgaria)

“Embrace change, because it is the only certainty!”

Petya Dilanovska-Grigorova (People and Culture Manager at Excelsior Works)

“When you are under stress, try to see the big picture, zoom out. After that, everything will be fine.”

Stefka Tancheva (Talent & People Development Manager at Address Real Estate)

“Don’t wait for someone to give you a stage – create your own. That’s how you learn to seek opportunities.”

Aneliya Spasova (Global Head of Leadership and Talent Development at Atos)

“The leader who contributed the most to my growth and career had the following habit: every time I went to him for advice, help, or a question, he would ask me: ‘What do you think?’

In many situations, he was aware that I couldn’t have a suggestion or idea because I simply lacked knowledge and experience. But still, he wanted me to figure it out and provide an answer, even if it was wrong or inaccurate. Only after that would he give me advice or help.

At that time, I didn’t realize it, but this approach worked more powerfully and quickly than any instruction or training and made me a confident and independent professional capable of finding solutions even in the absence of…“