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other people inside or outside your organization who might be able
to create that opportunity for you.
Following are a few questions to think about when considering
your next moves:

1. What is the dream job or end goal you set out for yourself
earlier in the chapter?

2. What skills or experiences do you still need to add to your
resume to prepare you for that role?

3. What kinds of jobs will give you that experience? Could a
single new position do it or will you need a few different
jobs, perhaps with different types of organizations or in
different locations to accumulate the right experience and
skills?

4. Are you looking for sequential positions with increasingly
broader or bigger responsibilities? Or will you need a series
of lateral moves that cumulatively will provide the right mix
of experiences?

5. Of those several next jobs you’d like, which one makes the
most sense to go after first? And second?

6. What experiences or skills do you need to make sure you
develop in the first job to best position yourself for the
second one?

7. What will you need from both of them to make sure that
together they move you toward your end goal?
8. How does this line of thinking frame your next job hunt?
What sorts of jobs will you say yes to, and which ones will
you turn down?