The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes And What You Should Do To Avoid Them.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes One:

Feeling Stuck. But Doing Nothing.

Many times you might find yourself stuck.

• It's not that you just think or suspect that your are stuck...you know you are stuck.

• But...do little about.
  • You sit around and hope that one day you will snap your fingers and be launched into living out the life or your dreams.

  • But you've begun to realize that the life of your dreams doesn't happen with a wish, a hope, and a fantasy.

  • It takes hard-lined action.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Two:

Feeling Stuck...And Waiting Until You Just Can't Take It Anymore.

• This is one of the biggest mistakes you can make because often:
  • You will wait until you are frustrated, fed-up and stressed out before taking action.

  • And if you wait too long, you will find that your frustration will begin to spill over into the workplace, affecting your work performance.
  
  
• Save yourself a some frustration.
  • Search for career change options BEFORE you hit rock bottom.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Three:

Feeling Stuck. Making A Move. But Failing To Make The Right Move.

• You may have fallen into this trap if you find yourself moving from one dead-end career to the next.

• If this is the case, you have made the tragic mistake of leaping before looking by not giving yourself enough time to define what it is that you want from their new career.

• Thus, you end up making a career move that doesn't give you what it is that you really want.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Four:

Feeling Stuck. Wanting To Make A Move...But Not Accounting For Your Current Life Context.

• Most often you are encouraged to do career assessment research very early in your career.
  • You leave high school or college in hopes of landing in the job of our dreams so you take the first few jobs that are offered to you.

  • It works out for awhile. But, as the years pass, you change...but your job doesn't.
    • Forcing you to consider planning a mid-career move that will give you more career fulfillment and satisfaction.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Five:

Feeling Stuck...But Failing To Put Your Career Dream Into Words...Thus Giving Yourself No Way Out.

• As a child, you are often asked what it is that you want to be when you grow up.
  • Your answers probably ranged from "I want to be superman" to "I want to be a doctor, an astronaut and an artist.

• But...as an adult, you've grown up and it may be that your career dreams are constrained.
  • Thus, you will need to challenge yourself to come up with a creative way to direct your career energy.

  • You've got to be willing to put your career intentions into words.

  • And then use those career-intention descriptions to form the basis of an ideal career profile that will shape how you will approach your job search.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Six:

Feeling Stuck. Making A Move. But Failing To Properly Positioning Yourself For Success.

What's the use of changing careers if in the end you find that you are just as miserable in your new career as you were in your old career?

Thus, your goal as a career changer must be to
1. Figure out what it is that's so special about who you are and what it is that you bring to the table.

2. Match your gifts and talents to those careers that actually fit your strength and passion.

3. Spend time planning how you will position yourself as a worthy candidate for your new career.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Seven:

Failing To Take Your Competition Into Account.

• Here are a few crucial realities you have to take into account:
  • YOU aren't the only game in town trying to get the attention of that hiring manager in your new career.

  • You aren't the only one who holds a particular degree.

  • You aren't the one who has a particular range of experiences.

  • And you aren't the only one who comes to that table touting your accomplishments.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Eight:

Failing To Tell A Compelling Story.

A critical mistake many career changers make is to tell a compelling story.

• They want to get noticed in a new career field, but they do not tell career stories that align with what it is that their hiring manager is really looking for.

• Avoid this mistake by thinking about your career change resume and interviewing approach from career auditioning standpoint.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Nine:

Failing To Factor-In A Long-Term Career Strategy

The biggest career change mistake many people make is failing to develop a long-term career planning profile.

• Gone are the days when you get a job and stay there until your retirement.

• It is more likely that you will change career at least five - seven times during your lifetime.

• Thus, it is to your advantage to develop a long-term career planning profile that will span across a number of organizations, with different job titles and different job responsibilities.

The 10 Biggest Career Change Mistakes Ten:

Failing To Take Action Now.

• Rarely will you be handed your new career on a silver platter.

• Rarely will someone call you out of the blue and just offer you your new dream job just because.

• Rarely will everything just fall into place, allowing you to walk into your new career without lifting a finger.

Time To Tell That Draining Career, "Goodbye".

• Little is accomplished when you sit in your current career situation repeating the same actions day after day... expecting different results.

• Career change success requires that you have the brawn and confidence to stand up for what it is that you REALLY want and then find a strategic way to go after it

Wishing You Career Change Success!

Signed: Latarsha Lytle, your personal brand career strategist and your biggest fan.

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