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Have you ever been in a place in your career or life where you just don't want to be? Perhaps you are stuck in a job that is going nowhere, or maybe you are in a decent job, but it just isn't what you want to do in life? It is difficult to transition to a new industry or job after one has built a 10 years career or longer in a particular occupation. You want to change and do something different, but that could present a significant cut in salary and starting at the bottom once again. Does this sound like you or a loved one?
Without a doubt almost all people rethink where they are in life as they approach a mid-career point. Some wish they could go back to college and start all over again and get a different degree or advanced degree to pursue an entirely different career altogether. Others know they are in the wrong place and are miserable, yet when faced with the hurdles of changing careers, most will succumb to the status quo by putting their head down and continuing to plug away at a job and life they fell into or one they chose when they were a 19 year old Freshman or Sophomore in college. If this is you, then read on from someone who has been there and interviews people daily who face or have faced the challenge successfully.
It is with the wisdom of those collective souls I will share with you the 8 Steps to a Successful Career Change as you contemplate your own journey to a different and better life. A midlife career change can be done!
If you have decided to continue on with this reading, I am assuming you are in the category of being dissatisfied with your career (or you are a spouse of one who is in that category and driving you crazy when they come home at night after a long day or week away at work!). So first of all I must come clean and let you know the plain truth that I always tell my career clients,
Yes, a total career change could be a painful, even a VERY painful experience for you and your family. Yes, it will be scary. Yes, you and your family may need to make a sacrifice so you can make a career change, but if you make the changes now and do it right it can lead to rich rewards. Remember the old saying, No Pain, No Gain? Focus on the gain while enduring the pain!
Those that are the most successful at transitioning to a new career have built a tight game plan. First of all they have really dug deep into their own desires, wants and yes, intellectual abilities and skills. If one thinks that student loans are risky for a new 22 year old recent college graduate, try on the risk level of a 33 year old married person with two kids to support or worse, a single parent! You must reduce the risk level of your decision by understanding if you have the goods to be successful in attaining the additional education, as well as the demands of the new job. This is the just the beginning of building your career transition game plan, let's review the 8 necessary steps before you quit that day job! I have written them in the order they should occur. For example, if you don't know number 1, then don't proceed to number 2. Stay on the step you are on and work it out before you proceed to the next.
8 Steps to a Successful Career Change
If you are thinking of a career change and feeling the sacrifices may not be worth the pain, then I must encourage you to have one other thought; if you don't do anything, you may be in the same place, same type of job with the same feeling of discontentment another 5 to 10 years from now or worse, until you retire. On the other hand, if you just can't commit to doing what it takes, then don't. Without the true commitment to do what it takes to succeed, you are surely setting yourself up for failure; a failure of truly trying to create the life you want and deserve.
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