If you’ve starting experiencing tinges of burn out with your present job, if it’s no longer filling you with unstoppable energy but rather a mild sense of dread, accompanied by a modicum of feet dragging to get you moving in the morning, perhaps its time to consider a change. Use your experience and insight to focus in on the tasks you do best and the skills that are transferable to another job, then figure out what kind of job would rekindle the spark you deserve when doing the kind of work you will love.
“Marc Miller, Career Design specialist with Career Pivot and author of Repurpose Your Career – A Practical Guide for Baby Boomers, suggests (several) key steps to follow when making a career change.” Here are two:
- Network strategically. When you meet new contacts, make sure they understand why you are a good fit for the type of job you want. Use social media tools such as LinkedIn and Twitter to find and target individuals who can be your allies and develop relationships with them.
- Learn to ask for help. Miller reminds career changers that it’s tough (maybe impossible) to head into new territory and to succeed without help. He suggests you “Set aside your pride in order to reach for something new. Career change is hard at first; but it gets easier.”
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