time for drastic action career change webinar 2010
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Time for Drastic Action:Change Direction
or Sack the Boss
Jenni ProctorCareer Clarity
www.careerclarity.com.auhttp://claritycareermanagement.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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