Career-Professionals do you feel stuck make effective career-change

In this article you will learn the following

-         Mid-life career-crisis

-         33 reasons why you are looking for change in your profession following causes - add yours if it is not listed here

100+ action steps - to get out of - and find the career that you love and becoming unstuck from your midlife career-crisis - COVERING THE FOLLOWING

-         16 questions to understand and clarify your risk - depending on the type of change you want

-         15 types of inventory of your capabilities to list - because many of your skills are transferable to another industry

-         15 Empowering and idea generating questions to ask - Instead of getting stuck with the thought that - What am I going to do with my life or in this tough economic situation I am really screwed-up

-         21 Actions to become unstuck and to enable you to look for job and make career change

-         13 Immutable actions to take additionally - to keep yourself employable and irresistibly attractive to your current and potential employers

-         12 channels and methods - for searching for jobs

It can be downright overwhelmingly terrifying to think of changing career - especially where you have to start afresh - after you have put in lots of efforts, time, energy and money to acquire the expertise, qualifications, connections and credentials - to reach where you have now.  

You may see the need - but yet continue in the same job - maybe because of financial or other compulsions and obligations - like financing your children’s education and or marriage etc.

At times - when we feel like changing and there are probably opportunities available - and we don’t make it - then later we may never be able to make that change. 

It is definitely a catch-22 situation -when you find yourself at this complex cross-road in your life and career.

If you feel stuck working on things that no longer excites you - you must take actions - even if you are unable figure out what to do and how to identify what exactly you want and need.

Feeling stuck in your job can be extremely frustrating - particularly in a difficult job-market conditions - like the one we’re experiencing now in this corona phase.

While you are already searching and applying for jobs - you would go through see-saw of emotional turbulence - one moment you feel as if you should quit your current job and after some time - you are filled with grave doubts and start wondering - whether holding on to this job continue for some more time is a better idea.

33 reasons why you are looking for change in your profession following causes - add yours if it is not listed here

1.     You find your job too easy and too comfortable and because of this you find something missing in life

2.     You find your job too monotonous and don’t find any interest in your job anymore

3.     You don’t see growth opportunities in this job anymore

4.     You don’t see any learning and development opportunities

5.     You are getting bypassed for promotion and better projects

6.     You under some type of pressure to get another job as soon as possible

7.     This job is too stressful and overwhelming for you

8.     You feel outdated in this job

9.     You feel burned-out

10. Work doesn’t feel meaningful anymore

11. Your values and interests have changed

1.     16 questions to understand and clarify your risk - depending on the type of change you want

       I.           Are you willing to go back to school to acquire complete new set of qualifications - full time or otherwise

     II.           Are people dependent of you financially

   III.           Suppose you quit your job now - how it will impact you financially and professionally - if you don’t get a job soon enough

  IV.           Are you willing to start in a job - at say entry level position - because you don’t have the needed competencies AND work under seniors who are much younger than you

    V.           Supposing your new venture does not succeed - how recent are your skills in your current profession

  VI.           Supposing you find - you would like to come back to your current profession - after trying the new field - how much time you think it would take you to get back in this field under present scenarios AND what are your assumptions for this Although one should never stay in a job for LONG -if that makes you unhappy BUT before doing anything drastic - Understand the risk - Take a risk-inventory

 VII.           Accept that in this today’s world - there’s no such thing as job security or guaranteed employment - neither it will be in the future

1.     8 reasons which makes people want to leave their jobs or go for a change - add yours if I missed some in this list

       I.           Bad relationship with boss, seniors and colleagues

     II.           Organization not recognizing your worth

   III.           No opportunity to grow professionally, technically, mentally and capability-wise

  IV.           Being bypassed for - good projects and promotions

    V.           Organization culture and values mismatch

  VI.           Toxic atmosphere

 VII.           Lower than average remunerations

VIII.           Organization is losing its grip on the product, market, quality of service etc.

1.     15 types of inventory of your capabilities in detail and list - because many of your skills are transferable to another industry

       I.           Your strengths

     II.           Your niche qualities

   III.           Your skills - both hard as well as soft ones

  IV.           Your knowledge Your expertise, exposure and experiences

    V.           Your Interests

1.     15 Empowering and idea generating questions to ask - Instead of getting stuck with the thought that - What am I going to do with my life or in this tough economic situation I am really screwed-up

       I.           YOU can say[if true] I love working with people and I am an outdoor person - so I  going to explore a career that have these two elements at the core of it

     II.           List all the activities that you are adept at and are thrilled to do any time

   III.           It would be wonderful to get paid to spend time outdoors

  IV.           In this time of work from home - there are lot people - who would love to spend more time outdoors - doing activities to break the monotony

    V.           Many of them although want to spend time like this - but they get stuck in planning stage as they don’t have much information  

  VI.           And they don’t know - where to go and what to do and whether it would be safe

1.     21 Actions to become unstuck and to enable you to look for job and make career change

       I.           Go for psychometric and aptitude and interest tests

     II.           It never hurts to look - if you see a job that excites you more than your current job - give the job description a thorough read - check if it fits with your personality, lifestyle, and future goals - better

   III.           If you can’t find a new job that fits in with the demands of your life - staying where you are for now could be the wisest choice- A career change might not be feasible right away—if the non-negotiable parameters like location, salary, work life balance, time to commute, working hours and other essentials get compromised drastically

  IV.           Develop your Skills - You can develop your skills in your current role. Make your own professional development plan and research ways you can amplify your skills. 

1.     12 channels and methods - for searching for jobs

I.                   Identify the organizations that you would like to work with - then get the email id and contact details of top decision makers AND then through a researched and customized cover-letter and resume - highlighting why your current set of skills and competencies would help the organization overcome the challenges they are facing now

II.                 Create workshops and training programs - offer them to the organizations you are interested in working for - maybe for free - to connect with people and influence them with your capabilities