Planning For A Career Change

There are many people changing careers due to them disliking one or more aspects of their current job. This dislike might be their job itself, their employer or the company that they are working for. 

Identifying what you realling dislike about your job is usually the easiest part of planning a new career however you need to look at what you like about it in order to get an idea of what direction your new career change should go in. This can include your hobbies, interests and generally anything that motivates you and makes you feel happy. Assessing your current career dislike is the first step in finding a new career.

Once you have found (or re-found) what you like about your existing job, the next step is to devote some time to researching new careers that revolve around your interests and motivation. If you feel or is a bit unsure about this don't worry as it is a natural part of the process of finding a new career. The amount of job research you should do will depend a lot on the level of change that you are intending to make. For e.g. looking for promotion in your current job should in theory take less research than changing from a surgeon to a mechanic.

It might be necessary for you to gain new skills and expand your knowledge of certain employment sectors. This is something that you should approach slowly. If a skill that you need for your new career is one that could be used in your current career there is no harm in seeing if your employer will pay for any training courses that you may need. Take a few courses to ensure that you actually enjoy the subject matter that the new skill involves.

You will need to gain experience in your new career. You should consider doing temporary work in this sector or working part time hours or evenings in order to add experience while you are still in your current career.

By identifying your own career skills before you go after the job you are interested, you will be able to give the new employer a presentation of your knowledge and skills for a particular field of work. This presentation will put you a step ahead of ninety percent of the other individuals an employer has already interviewed, therefore impressing the employer. When you begin working on identifying all of the career skills you possess, you can start by making a list of all the jobs you have held and what training you have had inside or outside of those businesses. Even simple skills should not be overlooked, as all career skills are important. The more career skills you have, even the general career skills, the more likely you are to be hired. Of course, you will want to highlight the skills to the employer that are the most significant to the job you are trying to obtain.

Remember to stay flexible about almost everything. This will include your employment status and other aspects such as relocation and salary expectations. You should set positive and realistic targets for yourself but also bear in mind that there may be some problems and setbacks along the way to your new career.

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