10 career change tips

Be confident in your decision.

Often people think about a career change due to constant failures at work, dissatisfaction with the results, conflicts with colleagues and management. All this creates a feeling of a dead end, that you can’t do anything except throw this sphere and do something completely new. But before making such an important decision, you need to be completely sure that this is the only way out, that this will bring you happiness.

Try to make a list of what you like in your current job and what not. Can you influence this without changing the scope of your business? Perhaps you just need to change jobs or have a good rest? Your decision must be reasonable.
Get to know yourself

Changing a job is one thing, and a career is another. You can’t just decide that you want something, change the title of the resume and wait for an invitation to an interview. First you need to understand what exactly you want and what you are capable of.
Define your career and life goals

Lists work wonders. In fact. When you see before yourself points that are thoughtful and personally written, you can more realistically be aware of certain things. This time make a list of your career goals and life goals separately. See which points intersect. This will help determine the future path. If these items are difficult for you to give, ask friends and relatives what is important to them. It is possible that some things you simply did not know how to formulate, but you also think.
What attracts you to a particular job

Select a circle of professions that might interest you, and separately write down what aspect of each of them attracts you. Free schedule? Opportunity for creativity? Meet interesting people? Evaluating and comparing things visually is much easier than in the mind.
Let yourself dream

Not always be a calculating skeptic? Think about what you would like to do in the ideal world for you, who you wanted to become in your childhood: an astronaut, a veterinarian, or a dance instructor? Can’t these dreams be turned into reality? Maybe it's worth a try?
Essential Skills

Yes Yes. More listings. This time make a list of your skills and rate them on a ten-point scale. Separately, make a list of the skills that are needed for a new career. For each specialty and position separately. What do you miss and what do you need to tighten?

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Convert Everything to Options

So, you have a few long lists and even more confusing thoughts. Put the notes in front of you, analyze them again. Among all this, you should highlight the three most realistic options for the future profession. It is desirable diverse.
Find your way

The previous steps were not simple, and this one all the more. You need to decide, make the final choice, make a very important decision. Take your time, think it over carefully, ask your loved ones for advice. Then think it over again and put an end to it. Done, you know where to go next.
Action plan

The previous points will be done in vain if you do not draw up a good plan of action to achieve your goal. People, dates, actions, resources, etc. This plan will be the link that will connect your idea and a new career.
Liabilities

Let's get back to the very beginning. If you seriously intend to master a new profession, then keep in mind that this will require a lot of time and effort. After all, you want to change your life for the better, and this cannot be a trifling matter. Complete everything that you started before, deal with all the affairs. No obligations should distract you in such a difficult period. You must feel as free as possible in order to achieve this goal.