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Welcome back Switchers! Here’s a summary of the newsletter this week:
- The importance of a Sponsor for your career growth and ascension
- Call for contributors to the newsletter
- Tech jobs board
- Career Services
We hope you enjoy this week’s edition.
Call for Contributors
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The importance of a Sponsor for your career progression
Today we’re talking about career progression! Career progression, to me, is a slightly different conversation to career growth. Career progression can be defined as ‘the act of moving forward in your career’ in a way that ultimately allows you to ‘climb the corporate ladder.’ While the conversation about career progression is often coupled with a more holistic conversation that involves career growth and development, career progression is mainly about moving up/ahead in responsibilities and seniority.
While we’re all looking for more meaning and growth in our careers, we’re also looking for that progression. Despite our wanting this progression, it is a topic that we tend to shy away from and reserve strictly for our annual growth conversations with our managers. When was the last time you talked about your career progression with someone other than your manager and within a context other than your quarterly performance review? Do you even know what it will take for your manager to get you your next promotion?
Reserving such conversations only for annual or bi-annual conversations is such a detrimental approach for your career progression because often, there are many unspoken rules of engagements that contribute to your likelihood of moving up in organisations, one of which is having a sponsor.
What is a sponsor? According to Carla Harris, a Sponsor is someone who actively advocates for you, puts your name forward for high-stakes assignments that win notice and promotion and spends their political capital at work in your name. With a sponsor, career progression is more accessible and can often take a little longer to get ahead. A sponsor is a crucial asset to have when thinking about career progression.
Check out the TED Talk below and learn more about a sponsor and why you should find one!
C&T Tech Jobs Board
🚀 In the Spotlight this week
In the spotlight are job listings with exciting Tech companies that we believe are ripe for a career switch!
1. Marketing Intern. Ozow. Entry level. Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Digital delivery manager. Girl Effect. Mid - Senior level. South Africa.
3. Customer Education Manager. Common Room. Mid - Senior level. West Coast, South Africa.
📌Tech Jobs - Low/No Code Jobs
1. B2B Marketing Manager. Jua. Mid - Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Product Marketing Manager. Jua. Mid level. Cape Town, South Africa.
3. Copywriter & content producer. Takealot. Entry - Mid level. Cape Town, South Africa.
5. Sales Administrator. Ozow. Entry - Mid level. Cape Town, South Africa.
6. Lead Learning Experience Designer Mid level. Cape Town, South Africa.
7. Customer Retentions Specialist. iKhokha. Entry - Mid level. Durban, South Africa.
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📌Tech Jobs - Product & Tech Teams
1. Product Manager. PayU. Mid - Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Junior Product Manager. Takealot. Entry to Mid level. Cape Town South Africa.
2. Data Analyst. Mukuru. Mid - Senior level. Johannesburg, South Africa.
📌Senior/Specialist Roles
1. Head of Partner Success Bash. Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Country Manager. Bolt. Senior level. Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. Head of Customer Success. Luno. Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
4. Live Support Team Lead. Ozow. Mid - Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
5. Senior People Business Partner - Product & Tech. Yoco. Senior level. Cape Town, South Africa.
📌Remote Jobs
1. Operations Manager (Remote but reachable). Luno. Mid - Senior level. Remote, Johannesburg.
Email careersandthings@gmail.com to feature your job openings to our diverse and talented community!
C&T Career Services
📌Ready to Switch? Let us help you!
If you liked what you saw above and you’re ready to switch into a new career/role, we’re here to help you. Make use of our Career Services to upgrade your CV and LinkedIn and stand out amongst the crowd.
Email us at careersandthings@gmail.com for more information on any of our career packages or to book any of our careers services today!
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We know the Tech Ecosystem in South Africa
We are deeply embedded within the Tech ecosystem in South Africa and globally. Our CV reviewers and writers have worked within Tech and understand what Tech organisation's are looking for. We, therefore, use this knowledge to help craft your CV and LinkedIn pages so that you showcase the most important skills that hiring managers within the Technology space are looking for.
We walk the journey with you
We provide holistic support to you on your journey into Tech.
About Us
Careers&Things is the career services and personal development platform. We specialise in supporting entry to mid-level professionals position themselves better for the job search market by writing compelling CVs and other job search materials.
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