6 life hacking for those who want to change their profession
Work And Study / / December 25, 2019
Alexander Govorukha
Communications Manager at Ciklum. Like change in my life, but prefers them to be scheduled. He believes that if a person does not change, it will not stand still. For 15 years of his career he changed six works in five different areas. Hobbies - make new friends and interact with interesting people.
Have you thought at least once about the transition to another profession or sphere? If you feel that you are still in search of the true "I" in his career, if you could take a chance stability for the operation of their dreams and try his hand at something new, then this article will surely be you useful.
How often do you have to radically change anything in your life? Remember this feeling, which is akin to jump into the unknown. It's like standing on the pier, staring into the dark depths of the water. Doing breath gruppirueshsya, drives away fear, repels and fly down. But any experienced diver knows that good equipment is much more difficult jumps. And in life - to "jump" it is necessary to properly and wisely.
For 15 years, I changed six works in five different areas. And more time to learn in the three universities and to live in three cities, moving a total of eight times in different apartments. I do not know a lot or a little, but I do know that these changes have taught me a lot, especially the rapid and effective adaptation. When my career took another turn, and from media companies, I got into the field of IT, I already knew what to do. Indeed, over the years I have accumulated quite a lot of life hacking.
It is important that these rules work and vice versa. They help not only to adapt, but also contribute to getting into the new environment. Just go and retrain for another profession - a little. What to do? In general, where to start? Throw a tedious job in a bank and become a fashion photographer? But in reality, it is often difficult, because you are likely to relate the various obligations, family, fixed costs, credits. In addition, the new field you still no one knows why your earnings can plummet.
How can learn a new area, without giving up the available jobs? It is a vicious circle. I was also confused when more than five years ago, I realized that I wanted to change jobs. I had the feeling that I was stuck in one area does not develop, and marking time. I was ready to change the vector, but did not know the ways. After all recruiters and employers usually offer a job based on the previous experience of the applicant. At the same time my friends and family were surprised: "Why do you want to change something? You are thoroughly familiar with its scope and the people in it, relax and swim with the current "- which, of course, do not add me confidence.
It was at that moment I came upon a book by Professor INSEAD Herminia Ibarra "Finding myself. Unconventional Strategies, changing careers. " It was collected stories of many people who wanted to become someone else. There's a story of a teacher who dreams of becoming a diver; accountant, who realized that all my life wanted to be a biologist, but became an accountant, because it wanted to her parents, and other stories.
Book filled me with confidence that change the scope and even the profession - this is normal. In addition, it must be done if the work you do not like, and there is no opportunity for self-realization, and in the morning you can not bring himself to get out of bed and go to the office. book heroes strategy helped me to structure their experience of change and realize what a way to change careers is suitable at the moment.
In a matter of months, I was able to change the scope of activities and start working in a new dynamic company. In the end, I realized that help change to happen.
1. Expand your network of contacts
Go beyond the usual circle of friends. Begin interest in a new area. Do not just reading feature articles. Go to industry events, learn about speakers on them to get to know them personally. Attend professional clubs, informal meetings of experts from the sphere of interest to you. Sign up for a short-term courses in this specialty, as if realize that this area is not interested in you, you will spend not so much time and money.
During the training time to make new communication much easier. It is of great importance and that it will have the same aimed at changing people, just like you. Setting is important. And it is not only useful links that may help you find a job, but also the atmosphere - it should stimulate the development, support and move forward. If the atmosphere bothers you, run out of the environment as soon as possible.
2. Immerse yourself into the unknown
You never know, that "your" and what is not until you try it in action. It should be noted that it is not necessarily as much as possible to give up work soon and the next day to get a "free artist".
To begin, start to move in a safe range - to develop within the organization horizontally, work in different departments in other roles. During your holiday stay a volunteer on the project or intern at another company. So you can try on a new role, see if you are comfortable.
Try to analyze what skills can come in handy. Ideally, if you are able to apply past experiences and will remain for the development zone. Well, if you understand that the new activity you like, is a sincere interest, even if after work you want to do one more thing, or learn something new. If the friends will ask in surprise: "Why burn the eyes at you?" - this is a good sign which means that you are moving in the right direction.
Continue to make small steps, without risking serious projects not yet realize that they are ready for the final change. Dive into a new sphere can be compared with the entry into the sea. You first try water stop, stand a little to get used to new sensations, and then gradually go into the water or jump off the pier.
3. Work with your inner "I"
At this stage it is very important to have a point of support, a strong motivation to move on. During this process may be omitted and hands appear treacherous question of the internal "I": "Why do I need all this necessary?".
Find something that will move you forward in spite of everything. This may be some kind of a role model, the support of friends, inner conviction that this is the case in your life, a family that believes in you and support. This should be your point of support.
Sometimes it helps to external changes: a new style, hairstyle, image. It will be as if you did not, as a new person in a new role. Recall Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch Me If You Can" - with each new profession, he was transformed and changed its image and demeanor. Try this game with your inner "I", and the changes will surprise you.
4. Find a promoter
Let us assume that you have already found interesting field, passed some courses, attend industry events and more or less extended network of contacts. What to do next? Recruiters are still not worth to you all, you are still working on the old job and do not know where to go next. At this stage it is important to enlist the support of a successful person. It can be a career consultant, a person who knows many in the desired field or expert named.
Why should this person will help you? In fact, there are many people who, having achieved a certain level of success, have a need to "give": master classes, teaching beginners to become a coach. Often, these people do not do it for money, but for its fulfillment, sometimes for the sake of the case in the portfolio.
Look for a man open to such interaction, but do not be in the position of asking. You need to show their willingness to work on himself, to talk about what you have done and continue to do to a new level.
You can openly offer such expert help you on terms that are convenient to him. Be prepared for the fact that the promoter may be advised to read books, to pull some knowledge - to perform these tasks, so as not to lose its credibility. Sometimes, the same person can help find a new job, but if it does not, proceed to the next step.
5. Enlist the support of experts
To better navigate the new area and find it work faster, you have to ask for help the greatest possible number of people. Do it in the era of social networking has become much easier. Another thing, if you are still working on the old job and can not advertise a desire to leave. Then there are personal meetings. With the new network of contacts that you already purchased in the previous steps, try to go to opinion leaders and influential people of the sphere you are interested.
Ideally, they should appoint a personal meeting, the purpose of which is the story of myself as a professional, who wants to work in this area. Unable to move appointments to important people? Come up with a decent reason to use the six degrees of separation and go up the chain. It will not prevent use creativity.
One of my friends wanted to be a journalist, working in the advertising field. She came up with the project - an interview over breakfast with interesting people. interview texts were published later on in the Facebook page. Thanks to her friends and friends of those who were interviewed, the page very soon became popular. After six months and 10 conducted an interview about a familiar already knew a lot of people, and even six months later, she was offered a job chief editor of the website.
Personal project she worked without interruption from work, during leisure time. The project helped her to achieve her goals. With it, she tried her hand at a new role, broaden their contacts, quickly became known in the field, to win influential people enlisted and received their recommendations dream job. If you can reach out to opinion leaders, then pretty soon you are talking about, and sooner or later you get a job offer.
6. Be prepared to take a step back
Do not expect that you will immediately be offered a position at the same level, what you have achieved on its ongoing work. Will have to sacrifice something: salary or status, and sometimes by both. You're still here? Then you are really ready for a change. Forward!