Time for Drastic Action:Change Direction

or Sack the Boss

Jenni ProctorCareer Clarity

www.careerclarity.com.auhttp://claritycareermanagement.com.au/

jenni@careerclarity.com.au

What’s changed?Job for lifePermanent status

Specific skills Qualification for lifeKnowledge

One career path using the same skill set.

Skill based technology

A range of jobsPart time jobsPortfolio careersGeneric skillsLife long learningAbility to find and

evaluate informationMultiple careers using

transferable skillsExpectation of rapid

technology uptake and intuitive learning

A career is not a destination………but a journey taken one step at a time.

Resilience

1. Listen to your dreamsWhat are you trying to achieve?

What do you REALLY want to do?

What’s stopping you? Are those barriers real or imagined?

2. Reality CheckWhat really matters to you?

What have you loved doing?What have you hated doing?What environments impact on your work?

What MUST be considered?

What’s really stopping you?

3. Research

What is out there?Jobs that are being advertisedJobs that other people haveUpcoming industries

4. Be Smooth!SMOOTH transition

What are the links?Same work, different contextSame context, different workDifferent work, different context, same skills.

5. Product YOUTransferable skills

Employability skills eg communication, teamwork, problem solving, technology skills

Personal traits eg leadership, drive, energy, empathy

Identify the gaps

6. Goal settingWhat are your long-term Career Change goals?

What are your interim Career Change goals?

Set SMART goalsSpecificMeasureable Actionable Realistic Time-bound

7. What’s your plan?How can you develop the skills you need?

Access your network

Informational interviews

Social media – Linked In

8. Take actionNothing happens until you do something

about it!

Tips for Action:SMART goals, clearly displayed, looked at dailyCertaintySupport

Pain – What will your life be like in 5 years time if you FAIL to take action now?

9. ResilienceDeal with the inevitable……

SetbacksBarriersPersonal doubtsFear

Do you need help through this part of the process?

10. Motivation and Mind Set

How will you maintain

your motivation?

your positive mind set?

your focus?

11. Celebrate! Celebrate each step when it has been

completed

Really celebrate your successful career transition

Sack the Boss?Reinvent yourself

Complete change of life direction

Possibilities of self –employment

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Jenni Proctor - Career Claritywww.CareerClarity.com.au

http://claritycareermanagement.com.au/

jenni@career clarity.com.au0413 602096

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