Some Career Change Suggestions

I have a little exercise for you, that may help you to chose a career for yourself that you'll enjoy and make you like going to work every day :)

If you have excel you can make it in there. If not, you take paper, make six columns.

Each column is labeled as follows:

1. Job Occupation/experience
2. Knowledge
3. Skills
4. Abilities
5. Personal strengths
6. Natural talents.

Be patient with yourself with some of these categories. Sometimes the answer doesn't just spring up at you, it takes a little time to think about.

Another thing is to describe your ideal job. What you really can see yourself doing every day. You can base the description on the list you've made with the columns I mentioned up above here.

Another good idea is to keep your prospects open. Say you go for one job and interview well, don't assume you'll get the position and close the door on other interviews. Another position may come up that may be better, and you'll keep your options open as well knowing you're still out there looking vs. waiting for the phone to ring.

You can also make a weekly plan, including time to spend, days to look, and websites to set up searches for the type of position you may be interested in. Many of the sites these days have a salary calculator which is really helpful for when you go on an interview as to what they're offering.

Come back and let me know how it goes!

Sue T.