Here are a few recommendations for those who dream of a career change.
1) Understand the reason. Ask yourself a question: are you tired of this profession as a whole or just work in a particular company? If the matter is in your current place, it is worth exploring the job opportunities. Perhaps you will feel happier if new tasks are wider than the current functionality or, conversely, you will have the opportunity to concentrate on your favorite subject area without spraying on related tasks. Maybe you do not have enough business trips or, conversely, you want a more measured schedule. Or maybe you need to think about changing the business role or type of career in the current profession. Finally, it often happens that behind the desire to change a profession is an attempt to escape from a psychological crisis.
2) Analyze the current work. Pay attention to tasks that give you energy, inspire, and what, on the contrary, causes a feeling of powerlessness or irritation. These are clues about which activity suits you and which doesn't.
3) Do not make a decision at the time of crisis. If possible, work out internal fears and doubts in sessions with a psychologist or career counselor. Otherwise, you risk a spontaneous decision to change jobs to aggravate your already difficult condition with work problems.
4) Take care of the airbag. Financial advisors recommend that you stock up at least six of your monthly salaries. The fact is that a change in direction changes your position in the labor market. From an expert with experience, you again turn into a beginner. Even if your path is successful, at first your income will decrease markedly.
5) Find a wizard and consult. A frank conversation with someone who is already succeeding in the profession you are dreaming of will allow you to get around the "rake" and notice the "blind spots" that you still don't suspect. You’ll better understand how much time it will take you to achieve your first professional success, what kind of competition awaits you in this area with those who have been working in it for a long time, where to start, what directions, on the contrary, are not worth attention. And what are the main disadvantages in this work - what if you are not at all ready for them?
6) Arrange a test drive. In the example of Arina, the trial period allowed her to look at the desired profession without illusions. A small internship (they are available not only to young students), the implementation of one-time projects, part-time jobs, a test day of work - try some way to try on a new role, to understand how comfortable it is for you in reality, and not in dreams.
7) Do not burn bridges. This applies not only to premature parting with the current employer, but also to your position among friends, colleagues, acquaintances. Be patient a bit before loudly announcing "I'm leaving sales (banking, marketing, law, medicine, tourism, etc.)" or "hiring is slavery." Stay in your new profession for at least a year to find out if this is your calling. Perhaps you take a different look at your past occupations, start looking again for a job similar to the previous one, and here you can’t do without the recommendations of your inner circle.
1) Understand the reason. Ask yourself a question: are you tired of this profession as a whole or just work in a particular company? If the matter is in your current place, it is worth exploring the job opportunities. Perhaps you will feel happier if new tasks are wider than the current functionality or, conversely, you will have the opportunity to concentrate on your favorite subject area without spraying on related tasks. Maybe you do not have enough business trips or, conversely, you want a more measured schedule. Or maybe you need to think about changing the business role or type of career in the current profession. Finally, it often happens that behind the desire to change a profession is an attempt to escape from a psychological crisis.
2) Analyze the current work. Pay attention to tasks that give you energy, inspire, and what, on the contrary, causes a feeling of powerlessness or irritation. These are clues about which activity suits you and which doesn't.
3) Do not make a decision at the time of crisis. If possible, work out internal fears and doubts in sessions with a psychologist or career counselor. Otherwise, you risk a spontaneous decision to change jobs to aggravate your already difficult condition with work problems.
4) Take care of the airbag. Financial advisors recommend that you stock up at least six of your monthly salaries. The fact is that a change in direction changes your position in the labor market. From an expert with experience, you again turn into a beginner. Even if your path is successful, at first your income will decrease markedly.
5) Find a wizard and consult. A frank conversation with someone who is already succeeding in the profession you are dreaming of will allow you to get around the "rake" and notice the "blind spots" that you still don't suspect. You’ll better understand how much time it will take you to achieve your first professional success, what kind of competition awaits you in this area with those who have been working in it for a long time, where to start, what directions, on the contrary, are not worth attention. And what are the main disadvantages in this work - what if you are not at all ready for them?
6) Arrange a test drive. In the example of Arina, the trial period allowed her to look at the desired profession without illusions. A small internship (they are available not only to young students), the implementation of one-time projects, part-time jobs, a test day of work - try some way to try on a new role, to understand how comfortable it is for you in reality, and not in dreams.
7) Do not burn bridges. This applies not only to premature parting with the current employer, but also to your position among friends, colleagues, acquaintances. Be patient a bit before loudly announcing "I'm leaving sales (banking, marketing, law, medicine, tourism, etc.)" or "hiring is slavery." Stay in your new profession for at least a year to find out if this is your calling. Perhaps you take a different look at your past occupations, start looking again for a job similar to the previous one, and here you can’t do without the recommendations of your inner circle.
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