You're considering a career change. How can you make sure it's the right move?

It is important to ask yourself why you want a career change in the first place; Establishing what your career interests is fundamental to taking a career leap. Assess what opportunities exist in the chosen field of endeavour; Do you have the required skills and can compete at the required level if the opportunity is present.

I heard someone once say that a way to tell if a change is right (while still acknowledging the fear and discomfort) is to really feel how your body reacts when you think about the change. Sure, there can be a fear response because making that change is hard, but ultimately do you feel more expansive? Do you feel the possibilities? It's ok to have the fear response... but don't let it minimize the growth and expansion possibilities.

In a rapidly evolving job market, staying relevant is crucial. This means continuously updating your skills and knowledge to match the current market trends and demands. But how exactly can you ensure your relevance in the job market? First, identify the key skills and experiences that are in demand in your field. This can be done by conducting research, reading industry reports, and observing job postings. Next, take action to acquire or strengthen those skills. This could involve taking online courses, attending seminars or workshops, or gaining practical experience through projects or internships. Also, consider the future trends in your industry. What are the emerging skills or technologies? Stay ahead and learn these skills.

To see if is the right time, the right job, then you have to evaluate : why should I leave the actual employer, and why I should stay at actual employer. Make list with pro and cons. Make a short, medium and long term plan. It happened that I have two videos exactkey about this on my youtube channel.

Career Change doesn't necessarily mean starting-over. Identify the transferrable skills you have acquired from your previous career. Where else can this be helpful. I recently had someone wanting to change their Career from the Aviation Industry to Business Analytics. Attention to detail, heavy regulated environments and compliance, in-depth understanding of processes, analytical thinking and working with complex data are some of the transferrable skills in this case. Similarly, identify skills that are applicable in the new career that you may potentially take up.

Pensando em termo da necessidade de Auto avalia??o: Reserve um tempo para refletir sobre suas paix?es, interesses e habilidades. Considere o que realmente o motiva e o faz feliz no trabalho. Pergunte a si mesmo: "O que eu faria se o dinheiro n?o fosse um problema?" geralmente isso ajuda a identificar áreas de carreira que podem ser mais gratificantes, e abre a mente para um panorama mais geral. Vou contar uma história que talvez ajude a pensar e refletir: (no próximo comentário)

Havia uma árvore alta e frondosa em um bosque antigo, que sempre sonhava em explorar além da floresta e descobrir o mundo lá fora. Todos os dias, ela olhava para o horizonte distante, desejando voar como os pássaros e explorar terras desconhecidas. Um dia, uma brisa sussurrou em seus galhos: "Por que você n?o tenta esticar suas raízes e ver o que está lá fora?" A árvore, animada com a ideia, come?ou a estender suas raízes além da floresta, explorando novas terras e descobrindo novas paisagens. Com cada nova experiência, ela crescia mais forte e mais confiante. Finalmente, ela percebeu que sua jornada de autodescoberta era t?o importante quanto qualquer destino final. Explore novas possibilidades todos os dias!!

While it's not always possible, taking a leadership role at a nonprofit can give you insight into a role you may want to pursue. Let's say you are considering a pivot into graphic design. You could offer to design Instagram posts for a local nonprofit or association. Let's say you want to move into Training and Development. You could help with a webinar or an in-person class to test the waters. Plus, these have the added benefit of enabling you to add experience in this new field to your resume, which will help a great deal with optimization, and aid in it being seen by human eyes, when it gets fed into an ATS!

Effective communication is crucial, especially when navigating a career transition. Maintain positive relations as you move on, for opportunities to reconnect may arise in unexpected situations. Networking plays a vital role, fostering connections that could prove valuable in the future.

Just do it. If you have the passion and commitment you can do anything! Take the first leap and work it out along the way. Sometimes you don't know if it's right until you do it, you just have to go for it!

If you’re considering a career change, it’s helpful to consider what’s your “better” move and what’s your “best” move. Your “better” move is when you may not know fully what you’re wanting to achieve, but you’re prepared to take a risk provided that it satisfies certain criteria. Your “best” move in when you have full information of the opportunities that you want to go after and you’re prepared to keep trying until you land one. It isn’t helpful thinking about what’s the “right” move, because every move will have some downside. If you keep framing this change around where you’d like to go, then each step becomes an opportunity to know more about what you want or don’t want (rather than being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’)