Career advice from across the Apolitical community - Part 3

What’s the best advice you ever received? What tips did you wish you knew earlier? How did this help you on your career journey?

We’ve spoken to members of the Apolitical community to share their top three pieces of career advice with us. In this article, a number of members give their top tips.

What is your current role and how do you spend your time on a standard day?

Policy and business support manager.

What did you do before taking up this role?

I was working as an analyst in a laboratory for the Scottish Government's scientific agency.

In your opinion, what are the most important skills someone needs to excel in your field?

Resilience, self-belief and eagerness to learn.

What is your favourite part of your job?

The continuous process of learning and creating institutional memories.

What advice would you give to new public servants who are interested in a career in your field?

Be enthusiastic, eager and ask lots of questions.

-Devanshi Vyas, Policy support manager in the Scottish Government

Your first piece of advice:

Accept every task as an opportunity to learn and grow.

Your second piece of advice:

Nurture strong and respectful relationships with your colleagues. It is imperative to work collaboratively on projects and be an integral part of the team.

Your third piece of advice:

Respect others. Embrace each other’s differences. Every day is an opportunity to become better empathetic human beings.

-Gabriela Bubas, Executive Assistant in the Government of Canada

Your first piece of advice:

Go outside your comfort zone! It's only by doing this that you can grow.

-Sunny Thompson, Colleague Experience Lead, UK Civil Service

Your first piece of advice:

Keep knocking Keep pushing Keep Going

Your second piece of advice:

Trust yourself

Your third piece of advice:

Be prepared to change when circumstances change

-Helen Hylton, Analyst at HMRC, UK Government

Your first piece of advice:

Develop a thick skin

Your second piece of advice:

Forget the mistakes; remember the lessons

-Tracy Cohen, Assistant Clerk at the Table of Parliament, Government of Jamaica

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