Reinvent Your Career: 11 steps to a smooth

Career ChangeJenni Proctor

Career Claritywww.careerclarity.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?

Sack the BossNew job Become your own

BossRe-establish yourself

Could be similar to past job or could be very different

Will it give you the fulfillment you are seeking?

Reinvent yourself

Complete change of life direction

Challenges of self –employment

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

Government Siteswww.myfuture.edu.au – The Factswww.workplace.gov.au

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 SetHow 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

A helping handOut of the frying pan into the fire……………..Ouch!

New stage of life - What does that mean in terms of the work you are seeking?

Clarify what you are seekingProfessional helpCounselling, coaching, practical helpQualified in Career Development

Where to get helpCareer Development Association of Australia – www.cdaa.org.auCareer Advice Line – 13 17 64

Career Clarity…….for the next stageWebinar series commencing April

14………….FreeAny suggestions of specific topics?

Workshop in Brisbane soon……I’ll email you with details and special price for people at this workshop.

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Jenni Proctor - Career Clarity

www.CareerClarity.com.au

jenni@career clarity.com.au0413 602096