A job consumes 8 to 10 hours of your day.

A career spans over a significant bracket of time on your life's time line. Now, when such a conspicuous fact about one's career is universally understood, the struggle with the core decision of the work making one 'happy' or 'dull' is invariably followed. How do you analyze the observations and ensure you take significant steps post that?

Here are some major POINTERS that signal your Career to be at a stand-still:

1. Your work doesn't excite you as it did

   The tasks at hand reduce to a mere checklist and your motivation to meet challenges head-on has become a thing of the past.

2. Your strongest skills are not utilized

   Your strengths, which are the core of your personality, are seldom used to finish the tasks. Be it creative or technical skills, your own strength feels foreign to you now.

3. Lack of value of your role

   Your role and the work you do is not valued or recognized by the company.

4. Unable to find oppurtunities for advancement

   The opportunity for you to climb the career ladder never surfaces as there doesn't seem to be any sight of advancement in your field, both skill-wise and on a monetary basis.

Now, understanding your stand on the above points, practcing the following steps might help gain clarity:

1. Realign strengths and job skills

   Have a keen understanding of your best skills and align them with a job role-specific to them as a core and other strengths you hold.

2. Network proactively

   Develop a rapport of communication with associates who show a prospect of growth and network actively on varied grounds.

3. Share your accomplishments

   Showcase your core belief and strength with zeal. Share your successes and lessons with confidence and gusto that leaves an impression.

4. Don't be afraid to take risks

   View risk as an opportunity rather than uncertainty. Don't let fear of failure stop you from pursuing an idea with potential.

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