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 The DST Career Pathway Minimize
  1. Entry Level: with education requirements.
  2. Junior Level: obtaining experience for 2 to 3 years, including fieldwork and lab work as applicable
  3. Intermediate Level:
    1. Technical Expertise: building a defined expertise in what interests you.
    2. Professional Registration: important for your career
    3. Further Education: for example, obtaining a masters degree, full or part time
    4. Professional Development: attending courses and conferences
    5. Project Work: technical work on project teams
    6. Project Manager: managing projects starting 2 to 4 years after entry level
    7. Customer Manager: responsible for long term contact with a customer
  4. Shareholder: start with some ownership after 3 to 5 years experience
  5. Senior Level: after 5 to 10 years, continuing to build technical and business experience
    1. Senior Project Manager: on major projects
    2. Senior Reviewer: as appropriate to your experience, for technical and business content of deliverables
  6. Management Opportunities:
    1. Branch Manager (at least 5 years experience, typically 1 to 3 year appointment)
    2. Technical Specialist: recognized as a key technical resource, with a defined responsibility
    3. Industry Sector Specialist: recognized for industry knowledge, with a defined responsibility
    4. Corporate Service Sector Manager: responsible for corporate resources and sales for a specific service
    5. Corporate Industry Sector Manager: responsible for corporate resources and sales for a specific industry sector
  7. Recognized Abilities:
    1. Associate: after 7 to 15 years experience, with a significant customer base and with significant ownership
    2. Principal: after 15 years experience, with demonstrated technical or business leadership and with significant ownership
  8. Company Officer (president, vice president, etc.): as appointed by Board of Directors
  9. Board Member: after 15 or more years, elected by shareholders, with direct input to future direction of DST.

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