How To Manage A Career Change

Hello, I'm Sarah Lloyd-Hughes from Ginger Training and Coaching, and today I'd like to give you a bite-size coaching technique on personal development. If you would like any more information about my self or my company, please visit go-ginger.com.

How to manage a career change? So you've decided to take a grand leap into finding a new career, congratulations. You're in for exciting few months ahead. One of my personal mantras is do a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

And I hope that I can take you one step closer to that today. Now, I'm going to make an assumption here for this video. I'm going to assume that you're keen to change jobs but you don't yet know what you want to do.

If you already do know, you might want to look at my video, How To Find Your Dream Job. So how, when there are so many options out there, do you find a new job? Where do you even begin your career change? I'd like to share with you a couple of options. First of all, try taking a career profiling test.

If you're one of those people who like scientific analysis, you could do well to take a career profiling test which will analyze the things you like in a job and compare them to other jobs. There are lots of these out there, but the one I work with is The Strong Inventory which costs a few hundred pounds but well worth the investment. Secondly, if you prefer to go organic, here's an exercise to help you figure out what you're passionate about or The Hot 50.

Take a sheet of paper and write the side numbers 1 to 50. Now, next to each and every number, write something that you're passionate about. Think about what you enjoy doing, what you like looking at, what experiences do you enjoy, what do you Google, what do you like doing at work and outside of work.

Don't edit your answers and don't stop until you finished all 50. Once you've got your hot 50, this becomes a great source of information about yourself. What kinds of trends do you see in your passions? Do people come up a lot? Perhaps the outdoors, technology, these trends are the things you might enjoy doing, so a job in this area could suit you well.

Now, pick 2 or 3 themes and start to brainstorm potential jobs in those areas. Ask friends for help and get digging on the internet. If you investigate these jobs, you have more and more inspiration about what to do next.

And once you've started to work out what you want from your job move, it's time to make it happen. A good way to focus your mind is to make yourself a career dream board. Start by getting yourself a sheet of 8x3 colored card in a color that represents what you want from your career change.

Now, collect images and words from magazines that represent both what you want to do next and the lifestyle and personality that you want to express through that job. Once you've got it, pop it somewhere prominent in your wall and look at your dream board everyday. If you wanted enough, you'll notice yourself starting to make your dream board a reality.

If you like some more tips on making a career shift, you have a couple of options. You can have a look at the other videos in this series like How To Find Your Dream Job or you can pop over to the Ginger Training and Coaching website, go-ginger.com, to hear about our career shifter coaching program where you're welcome to get in touch for a free consultation. .