What if you realize that you want to change profession
Work And Study / / December 25, 2019
Anna Davydova
Head of the Career Development Center of the University of digital professions "Netologiya».
In today's world one profession die, others quickly appear. It is quite normal that a person has been rebuilt as a professional on several occasions. Exhale as you look around, you are not alone. And now to business.
We think over changes
Think about why you decided to change profession. Try to formulate your goal. Ask yourself: "What do I expect from these changes? Why is this important to me? As I understand it has reached what he wanted? "Speak aloud the answers to these questions, speculate.
Tune in to work. The choice of a new profession - it is also a job. No one will do it for you. And if they do, then you will not like it. We all remember what happens to those for whom Institute chose parents. The good news is that it's not exhausting work in the office, and a fascinating study.
Prepare financially or morally. Create a safety cushion for the time until you will join in a new profession. It is likely that you as a young professional employer offers a lower salary than the staff member with experience.
Choose activity
To do this:
- Use the personality test. For example, MBTI or DISC. They will give you an insight that is closer to your character in any roles or what position you might be uncomfortable.
- Think about and write down what you like to do. Keep a notebook, where for two weeks, showed his emotions during different sessions. For what you are willing to get up at 5 am? Especially try in this period to do something atypical: a new way to go, meet people, to test the unusual hobby.
- read reviews new professions. In many areas is now a trend towards automation, the transition to the development of online and digital products. these professions the future, they will definitely be in demand in the next 5-10 years.
- Think that of existing skills you can use in a new profession. Maybe, you can change the department, rather than the company? Is it possible to upgrade your profession? For example, because tired of the routine HR-manager to become a digital-produktologa and create a bot team of programmers, which will save from routine.
- Look for stories of people around, ask how they changed their profession. This does not mean you have to copy someone else's experience. But on the stage of the study will not be any possibility of excess.
Make a note of the resulting range of possible occupations.
test hypotheses
Now check that the selected you can go. You can use the technique career prototypes. Prototype - is the minimum version of the professional transformation. In short: you do not need to invest in starting your own restaurant, to see if you fit the restaurant business. Enough to get a manager in a cafe, to test this hypothesis. Therefore the prototype could be:
- Traineeship in another department of home. Discuss with your supervisor the opportunity a few hours a week to work in another department.
- Communication with the specialists of the new area. This can be a full-time communication on the conference or in the professional community in Facebook, as well as the collection of information about how these people entered the profession, what they do and how to develop.
- Educational course. For example, free or paid courses on digital-occupations at the University of Internet professions "Netologiya" new skills, practice, communication with professionals from the new industry and the company minded. This ability to quickly immerse themselves in the profession and in the course and after an internship to try his hand in the new case. With this approach, you can immediately after training to find a job.
The meaning of the prototype is that you do not invest just a lot of time and money into something global, but goes short intervals. Happened? Great, let's go further. Realized that it's not yours? It does not matter, you at least have new skills and a list of hypotheses, go to the next one.
pleasant life hacking
It would be desirable throw a boring job this minute, do not give in. Cold reason save from ill jerks. Experience shows that you can change their profession and gradually, without interruption from the main job:
- The course can be played without throwing work.
- Remember about the possibility of switching within the company.
- You can try their hand at freelancing or switch to part-time employment.
conclusions
- If you realize that you need to change something, change, but thoughtfully.
- Examine yourself and your characteristics, no one will do for you.
- See what opportunities there are on the market.
- Choose the most interesting direction, begin to test the hypothesis and to work out prototypes.
- Learn and try new skills in combat.
see also
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