There are at least five (5) steps to a successful career change. If you feel stressed, depressed or bored with your present career, here’s how to move on from your dead-end job and find the career that’s right for you.
· Figure out where you want to go. First and foremost you have to know what you want, when you want it and how to get what you want. Because if you are planning to quit your current job and you don’t have any idea what to do next you are in a big, deep career trouble. It can be discouraging at times to not know what it is we want but don’t worry know that feeling this way is very common. Few lucky people discover this secret early in life, but most of us are caught in a kind of psychological wrestling match, torn between what we think we can do, what feel we ought to do, and what we think we want to do.
· Fine-tune the career you’ve got. Sometimes, making your current career more satisfying simply entails getting hired for the same position in a different company or making some adjustments. It might be the problem is not the place you are working for but the kind of work you do or the other way around. That part you have to know.
· Do your homework. Okay, maybe you’ve decided that an over haul, instead of a tune-up, is actually what you need. And you’ve already deciphered your interests and skills, now its time to start searching the different fields that best match them.
· Identify both your opportunities and your roadblocks. Assuming you’ve already figured out the field you’re drawn into, and realize that you possess the right skills, strengths and credentials that this new field requires. If you feel like there are certain skills or credentials you lack, you can make up for it by getting into training. The willingness to learn new skills show initiative, so go back to school, if you need to.
· Just do it. Go ahead and shift. That’s the last and the most important step of all. Don’t be afraid, your decision might be right or not there is no way to know for sure since there is nothing definite in this world. But in every mistake we commit we learn new things, new things that will help us make better decisions in the future.
· Fine-tune the career you’ve got. Sometimes, making your current career more satisfying simply entails getting hired for the same position in a different company or making some adjustments. It might be the problem is not the place you are working for but the kind of work you do or the other way around. That part you have to know.
· Do your homework. Okay, maybe you’ve decided that an over haul, instead of a tune-up, is actually what you need. And you’ve already deciphered your interests and skills, now its time to start searching the different fields that best match them.
· Identify both your opportunities and your roadblocks. Assuming you’ve already figured out the field you’re drawn into, and realize that you possess the right skills, strengths and credentials that this new field requires. If you feel like there are certain skills or credentials you lack, you can make up for it by getting into training. The willingness to learn new skills show initiative, so go back to school, if you need to.
· Just do it. Go ahead and shift. That’s the last and the most important step of all. Don’t be afraid, your decision might be right or not there is no way to know for sure since there is nothing definite in this world. But in every mistake we commit we learn new things, new things that will help us make better decisions in the future.
October 27, 2008 at 11:39 AM
I really like this post because you have listed a lot of the facts you need when changing jobs. Great post.