Professional_Knowledge_and_Abilities

Professional knowledge and abilities paper How does developing professional knowledge and abilities affect career success' Well let me ask you this, would you hire an office manager who did not know how to use a copy machine, fax or computer' Most people including myself would answer that second question with a big NO. Professional knowledge and abilities have everything to do with the success of your career. In the business world you are hired for a job because of what you know and what you can do with that knowledge. Employers and companies are looking for an asset to the team. The more you know coming in and the faster you can pick up other experience the sooner you make that job a career. You need to learn from others who have the experience you want to gain. Connecting with people who have “been there” and “done that” would help me so I found an organization that would help me do that. The Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization or (CEO) is an organization that meets college students on their campuses and not only connects them to other students with the same goal but also with entrepreneurs already in business. When going in to the business world, especially with the big unknown of entrepreneurship it is best to have as much experience and knowledge as possible. C. E. O is a great organization to belong to in this case. Thought I have only recently found them, I have read their goals and can see that they are on over four hundred campuses helping students like myself network and reach their goals. I myself am looking at joining this organization because by socializing and networking with people who are in the area you want to enter, you can easily learn the do’s and don’ts of opening a business. You can learn if the area you want to go into is fully saturated with that good or service or even better you can learn from their mistakes. By networking in C.E.O I may find an investor looking to expand. What I have learned in classes is awesome but what I can learn from others, whose footsteps I am following, is priceless. It gives you a leg up and a higher chance for success which every entrepreneur needs. Every entrepreneur wants their business to thrive, but most don’t. It’s not because they didn’t have a good product or service but because of lack of knowledge and connections. I worked for a company that had the ability to expand, so they opened and new branch and in a little under two years the branch was closed and those funds invested into a new branch was chalked up to a loss or waste. The need for the branch was there but the lack of knowledge of the area was their downfall. The company didn’t learn all they could about the area there were expanding into like heavy traffic area that will draw walk-ins. They didn’t survey or learn that most people in the area they want to grow in to all commuted and wouldn’t make it in to this branch during business hours. If this company had learned what the community needed and given them their product or service maybe in a different location with different hours they might still be open. So here is my business math, if knowledge equals power and money is power, then isn’t knowledge, money' I think so, and C.E.O can help me learn much more about opening my business and starting my successful career as my own boss. Knowledge and ability is success so professional knowledge and ability is career success.