Timing A Career Change.

Why Now Is Crucial
To Your Success.

Some career changers feel that it would be better just to let their current job go...hoping to pick up a new job with a snap of a finger.

While this sounds like a good plan, it's actually a trap.

Some job searches take weeks or even months to complete.

Thus, when timing a career change, you must be realistic about how long it might take to get your next job.

Timing a career change requires making a strategic action plan that will help you successfully transition into a new career.

There are days when you feel stuck in a dead end job that's going nowhere fast.

I understand.

Before you quit your current job, make sure you understand what you need to do when timing a career change.

Believe it or not, many career changers often fall into the trap of thinking that the grass is always greener on the other side.

• So they throw caution to the wind.

• They walk into their current job and give a two week notice,

• Do little or no career change planning, and

• Then, much to their surprise, they find themselves trapped in the locks of unemployment for weeks and months on end.

Don't fall into this look-before-you-leap career change trap.

• Protect your livelihood and sanity.

• Follow the steps to making a sound career change decision.

Your first step in timing a career change is to figure out what it is that your lifestyle can tolerate.

• You have to be realistic about what your life requires.

• You have to give consideration to how much time or attention you have to devote to your career transition.

• You also have to factor in the pros and cons of a variety of career transitioning approaches that will not place you in a financial pinch.

Realistically assess your realities and constraints.

• What are the deadlines associated with starting and ending your career transition.

• What are the income requirements of a new career?

• How much of a financial cushion due you have to work with?

• How much time you can survive without employment?
  And...if your answer is, "I live paycheck-to-paycheck," then you must learn how to transition your career on a budget.

Timing a career change also requires commitment from you define those career change options that match your interests and your skill-base.

• It is imperative that you do your Career Fit Research upfront.
  
  
• If you don't have a targeted career path, then your career change efforts will be ineffective.

When timing a career change you must also factor in how you will use your time to accomplish all of the career change steps needed to successfully secure a new career.

• Create a list that list the specifics steps involved in accomplishing your career change goals , then tie each goal to actual due dates.

• Figure out how much time you can allocate to searching for a new career.

• Keep yourself on a time schedule and assign each of your career goals and actual due date.
  
  
  
  • This keeps you on a realistic career search schedule and makes it easier for you to track all of your career change activities.

Timing a career change requires that you take control of what you use your time to accomplish.

Many people stay stuck in dead-end career paths for years because they didn't take the initiative to make a career change happen.

• Don't make a mistake of staying stuck on a dead-end career.

• Don't fool yourself by waiting for the perfect time to make your career change

When timing a career change, you will find that no time is the perfect time.

Though no time is the perfect time, you can use your today's time wisely and strategically.

• Allocate your time so that you can make a career transition that will land you in the career you deserve.

• Use your everyday for timing a career change that will allow you to step into a career that:
  1. Fits your passion,

  2. Allows you to leave your mark, and

  3. Pays you your worth.

Here's to your career change success!

Signed: Latarsha Lytle, Your career strategist, motivational coach, and biggest fan!

P.S. Don't stay stuck. Your life is too valuable to waste it in a career that doesn't work for you.

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