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  • Are you looking to make a career change and wondering how to make it as painless

  • as possible or maybe you've already decided that a career transition is

  • right for you you just don't know where to start. In this video, you'll learn five

  • steps to help you make a smooth and effective career transition and if you

  • stay around until the end, you'll learn where you can find a free resume

  • template that you can grab today and use to apply for your next job. If we've

  • never met before, I'm Heather Austin from ProfessorAustin.com and #thecareerclub

  • on Facebook and on this channel I provide simple solutions to help you

  • launch a career you love so if you're new here consider subscribing and don't

  • forget to hit that bell notification down below so you don't miss a thing.

  • Making a career transition can be a scary thing especially if you've been in

  • one industry for a very long time the good news is that if you're ready for

  • something new you don't need to start all over again

  • Before we jump into my five strategies to make a career change remember that a

  • career switch is different than a job switch what you might find is that all

  • you need is a job switch so let's jump into a tip number one evaluate your

  • current situation so you want to think about is a career move really something

  • you want or are you just unhappy in your current position so if you find that you

  • enjoy what you do but perhaps you don't enjoy the work environment it might be

  • best for you to find a position in the same field but just with a different

  • employer this gives you the chance to put yourself in a positive work

  • environment with fresh new energy you might also want to consider a partial

  • career change this is a related position with a similar skill set and knowledge

  • base an example of this would be moving from a financial analyst position into

  • an insurance underwriter or even a multimedia artist into a graphic

  • designer step number two conduct a

  • self-assessment this will help you narrow in on the types of positions that

  • fit you best and help you pinpoint what you are good at you'll also gain a

  • greater insight into you are as a person so take a few

  • minutes to answer these questions what will get you out of bed in the morning

  • what do you love to do what are you passionate about what would you do for

  • free think about what creates that burning

  • fire inside of you now what if you don't know what you like to do or what you're

  • passionate about that's okay you can start by listing your life experiences

  • experiences and life that you've really enjoyed also let's see experiences in

  • life that you haven't enjoy another thing you can do is ask others that you

  • trust most what they think you do best and don't underestimate the power of a

  • personality test one of my favorites is sixteen personalities calm it takes 12

  • to 15 minutes to answer a couple of questions to give you more input into

  • who you are as a person and the types of positions that you will excel in so I'll

  • go ahead and link that up below step number three do your research conduct

  • informational interviews with others that are in a field you would like to be

  • in ask them what do you like best about your position what are some of the

  • unique projects you get to work on or what do you not like about your position

  • also take a look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics you can find just about

  • anything you need to know about a specific position such as the pay the

  • education level required the on-the-job tasks that you would do the training

  • involved once you've conducted your research you want to evaluate the types

  • of skills and knowledge you'll need to jump into that position and you'll also

  • want to decide is it worth your time and money to do the career switch step

  • number four is to make a plan and start networking you want to start by

  • revamping your career documents like your resume your cover letter your

  • LinkedIn profile they all need to be tailored for the specific position you'd

  • like to be in you also want to focus on transferable skills so these are skills

  • that you can take from your previous career and apply them to your new career

  • these are things like teamwork flexibility drive innovation written and

  • oral communication skills and even a little

  • skills you want to highlight your superior performance so how did you

  • succeed in your previous position and how would you add value to your new role

  • and then of course you want to surround yourself with people that are inspiring

  • to you there's a famous quote by Jim Rohn that says you are the average of

  • the five people you spend the most time with step number five is take action do

  • the impossible you want to start by connecting with people that are doing

  • what you want to do or that have the job title that you would like to have in the

  • future an easy way to do this is to send a customized message on LinkedIn your

  • message could say something like hey there Sally sue we've never met in

  • person but I noticed that you are currently working at company XYZ I'm

  • very impressed with your experience and would love the opportunity to find out

  • how you got to where you are today would you mind if we connect on LinkedIn

  • now emphasizing your passion for the industry and the position will go a long

  • way you want to find groups and associations on line and in person of

  • the field you would like to go into and join them this type of networking is one

  • of the most powerful forms of job placement in fact it's been reported

  • that 85% of jobs are filled via networking by referrals companies love

  • to hire referrals because it costs them less they have lower turnover and it

  • actually produces a higher quality employee now to make this process a

  • whole lot easier for you I have a free resume template that you can download

  • today and customize for your new position I'll go ahead and link it up

  • below and if you liked this video be sure to hit the like button down below

  • make sure you share this with anyone you know that might benefit and as always be

  • sure to subscribe and I will see you in the next video.

Are you looking to make a career change and wondering how to make it as painless

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