After many years in the same job, career or industry, is it possible to change direction and take steps into the field you’ve always dreamed of or recently discovered that you love? It can seem impossible and is a step that is often fraught with fear of the unknown and potential for unemployment for many older working people.
These questions become even more relevant and acute once you’ve been laid off or fired from a job. In today’s difficult global economic situation, finding any job might sometimes take priority over changing directions into a field you have a passion for.
The first step in the process is to change one’s thinking about being let go from a company or job. It might be much more of an opportunity than it seems at first. It does not lessen one’s skills, talents or innate worth as an employee. In fact, getting laid of can be a sign that the job you were in simply wasn’t the right fit for you – whether you wanted to realize it or not. By being fired, you have been given the opportunity to have “nothing to lose” in your search for the next step – one which can take you in a direction that will be better for you in the long run.
So will you be looking for another salaried position or transitioning into the world of freelancers? Will you finally open that independent business you always thought you’d be good at? There are many choices and decisions ahead of you when rejoining the workforce. These days, with the growing value of tech startups, young people are becoming more and more comfortable with working independently and starting their own companies with funding from angel investors – something very different from work ethics and tactics just 30 or 40 years ago, when a good job was often seen as being a cog in the machine of a large corporation.
Here are some tips for your next career step:
1. Be proactive
You don’t necessarily have to wait for your boss to call you into his office to start looking for new opportunities. In fact, you’ll be better off if you don’t. If you feel that things in your job environment are going sour, start thinking proactively. The sooner you get started saving cash or making contacts to help you in your next, new pursuit, the less impact a layoff will have on your finances and day-to-day life. While you might not have your boss’ recommendation right off the bat, the benefits of a no-down-time transition are many.
2. Get a mentor
The best way to make a big career transition is to find someone who’s done it before. Alternatively, contacting CEOs and people established in their industries for advice is priceless. Job coaches will be able to point you in the direction of jobs that will make you feel fulfilled, based on what you love doing, as well as help you reinvent yourself for the modern job market: write new resumes and get you updated on what software you should be familiar with.
3. Work & play
You can start looking for new contacts and opportunities at the places where you have fun: golf course, pottery class, etc. Start to think about how you can turn the activities and subjects you love into money-making careers. Also, people engaged in the same types of activities that you enjoy will have information about jobs that might also interest you.
Reinventing yourself and your career is a great challenge but also a great gift. The number of older people starting new careers is only growing these days – enabled by the Internet, online study and globalization. What one must first realize is that almost all job security is a myth – no matter if you’ve worked as a top executive for 30 years or you’re flipping burgers at a fast-food joint. Starting to think about either working for yourself or at least doing something you love for someone else’s organization are both positive steps toward career satisfaction.
FROM http://themoney.expert/
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