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Reinvent Y our Career: 11 steps to a smooth Career Change

Reinvent Y our Career: 11 steps to a smooth Career Change. Jenni Proctor Career Clarity www.careerclarity.com.au jenni@careerclarity.com.au. What’s changed?. Job for life Permanent status Specific skills Qualification for life Knowledge One career path using the same skill set.

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Reinvent Y our Career: 11 steps to a smooth Career Change

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  1. Reinvent Your Career: 11 steps to a smooth Career Change Jenni Proctor Career Clarity www.careerclarity.com.au jenni@careerclarity.com.au

  2. What’s changed? • Job for life • Permanent status • Specific skills • Qualification for life • Knowledge • One career path using the same skill set. • Skill based technology • A range of jobs • Part time jobs • Portfolio careers • Generic skills • Life long learning • Ability to find and evaluate information • Multiple careers using transferable skills • Expectation of rapid technology uptake and intuitive learning

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

  4. Resilience

  5. 1. Listen to your dreams • What are you trying to achieve? • What do you REALLY want to do? • What’s stopping you? • Are those barriers real or imagined?

  6. Sack the Boss New job Become your own Boss • Re-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

  7. 2. Reality Check • What 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?

  8. 3. Research • What is out there? • Jobs that are being advertised • Jobs that other people have • Upcoming industries • Government Sites • www.myfuture.edu.au – The Facts • www.workplace.gov.au

  9. 4. Be Smooth! • SMOOTH transition • What are the links? • Same work, different context • Same context, different work • Different work, different context, same skills.

  10. 5. Product YOU • Transferable skills • Employability skills eg communication, teamwork, problem solving, technology skills • Personal traits eg leadership, drive, energy, empathy • Identify the gaps

  11. 6. Goal setting • What are your long-term Career Change goals? • What are your interim Career Change goals? • Set SMART goals • Specific • Measureable • Actionable • Realistic • Time-bound

  12. 7. What’s your plan? • How can you develop the skills you need? • Access your network • Informational interviews • Social media – Linked In

  13. 8. Take action • Nothing happens until you do something about it! • Tips for Action: • SMART goals, clearly displayed, looked at daily • Certainty • Support • Pain – What will your life be like in 5 years time if you FAIL to take action now?

  14. 9. Resilience • Deal with the inevitable…… • Setbacks • Barriers • Personal doubts • Fear • Do you need help through this part of the process?

  15. 10. Motivation and Mind Set • How will you maintain • your motivation? • your positive mind set? • your focus?

  16. 11. Celebrate! • Celebrate each step when it has been completed • Really celebrate your successful career transition

  17. A helping hand • Out 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 seeking • Professional help • Counselling, coaching, practical help • Qualified in Career Development • Where to get help • Career Development Association of Australia – www.cdaa.org.au • Career Advice Line – 13 17 64

  18. Career Clarity…….for the next stage • Webinar series commencing April 14………….Free Any suggestions of specific topics? • Workshop in Brisbane soon……I’ll email you with details and special price for people at this workshop. • Put your card or email address into bowl to be in the draw for one hour FREE consultation.

  19. Jenni Proctor - Career Clarity www.CareerClarity.com.au jenni@career clarity.com.au 0413 602096

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