7 Essentials You Need to Know About Your Career Transition
- You can’t to go through it alone – join a local career transition group. It may take a couple of tries to discover a group that fits your needs, but it’s worth it. These groups help you with ideas and strategies. You’ll having an easier time figuring out what you want by talking to others.
- Your successful transition rides on your plan – treat your transition like a project and put a detailed plan together. Set weekly goals and actions to move you toward reaching your goals.
- You can visit pity city, but you can’t live there – everyone has problems. They don’t want to hear about yours. Feeling sorry for yourself and spreading your pity around doesn’t win followers. Practice keeping your head in a good positive place.
- You need an accountability partner – find someone who’ll hold you accountable for reaching your goals. (Hint-spouses, significant others, family don’t make good accountability partners….they’ll let you slide)
- You are the product – from today on, you are the product. What are your features? Most importantly, what are your benefits? What makes your marketable and what is your unique contribution?
- You’re in charge – you own your career. The days of companies being responsible for your career growth are gone. YOU are totally responsible for your successes. Become a life-long networker and keep your network alive.
- You must have a strong online presence. There are three places you want to be online: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. These services are free and let you develop a powerful personal brand. Also, I recommend using gmail for your email needs. Gmail offers many additional free services.
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